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...exclaimed : " I don't care about private collectors. Modern work or a copy of the ancient piece may be more interesting or more beautiful than the authentic ancient one, and if the private collector wants such pieces it is his privilege. I may like to wear my hat backward; that is my privilege. What I object to is that future American artists should have put before them false representations of our art. The museum is sacred." As for the man who committed the supposed frauds: " That man would put arms on the Venus de Milo or. a head...
...when the four years' course is ended. The usual student in the American college is lamentably minus as a coming citizen. He does not read the newspapers. His current knowledge is of the slightest, his interest in the questions of the day, save in rare instances, is nil. In backward China, in progressive Japan, in France and Germany, the student must be reckoned with in public matters. Here he cuts no figure at all. There is too much "Tom Brown at Oxford" and too much of the "Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green" in his composition. The result is that...
...reminded of the author's presence. His fondness for allusions and vague metaphors frequently spoils an otherwise delectable description, making it seem heavy and out of place. Mr. Cutler has succeeded best in his portrayal of the two extremes of character, the proper Clemency Vane, who looks ever backward to her ancestors, and Michael Hare, whose only hope and happiness is his grand-daughter. As a story the novel is not a success, but it is at least interesting in its attempt to reflect American life
...York literary life that they confuse dogmatic assertion with evidence. A study of the daily and weekly writings of the " young dictators" and their egregious failures to " put over " or kill certain plays or books reveal, not partisanship, pull and capitulation of personal friendship, but an actual leaning over backward to be honest. In spite of the unanimous condemnation of Abie's Irish Rose and So This Is London by the cult of young critics, these plays are running merrily on to a full year of performances. In spite of the efforts of The Dial and Vanity Fair aesthetes...
...yesterday, a new system of conditioning exercises was innovated by Coach Campbell. All the backfield candidates were made to run in a circle, jump every third step, roll on the ground, hop, first on one foot and then on the other, walk holding onto their ankles, turn forward and backward somersaults, and finally, run at a quick pace, bent double with arms folded...