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...between Lowell Sherman as the Bavarian Emperor and Barrymore, as the Soldier of Fortune, just before the battle. Sherman, an ever-popular villain does his few bits to perfection as usual. Marion Nixon looks much better in a white wig than otherwise, but is mostly rather ineffectual. The historical background and supporting casts are worked out well. All in all, the picture is worth a long car-ride...
David Wm. James, in his incorrect and unTIMEly criticism (TIME, Dec. 30, p. 2) of Mister Speaker's background (TIME. Dec. 16, frontispiece), shows lack of Boy Scout training. I suggest that he cooperate with the nearest troop where any tenderfoot scout can tell him HIS UNDERSTANDING of courtesies due our National Emblem NEEDS REVERSAL...
...order to establish a background by the exposition of his research results. Dr. Weiss first described the fundamental features of the human circuitry system. He then examined the causes of high blood pressure, saying at that the most common direct cause lay constant nervous excitement or inherited super-sensitiveness of the vasmotor center of the brain, the governing nervous factor of the heart and the arteries. He pointed out that many patients who are afflicted with high blood pressure experience no ill effects or a long time after they have developed it. While in others its presence is made known...
...courses offered are Playwriting, Play Production, and Contemporary Theatre and its Background. Professor Love joy, formerly of the University of Washington, will be in charge of the first two mentioned while W. P. Eaton 100, and Professor H. W. L. Dana '03 will supervise the latter course. They will divide the work, Eaton instructing in a survey of the American Theatre and Professor Dana dealing with contemporary European drama. Members of the Board of Governors of the School will assist Professor Love joy by acting as visiting lecturers...
...efficacy of abolishing the last two years seems doubtful, to say the least. Most educators agree that the average sophomore cannot reasonably be expected to have a thorough enough preparation or intellectual background to begin a study of his selected profession at that time. It is only during the junior and senior years that he is properly able to correlate the general knowledge he has acquired with his specialized field...