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When questioned as to has opinion of the University football prospects he refused to comment, declaring that his only view of the team in action had been materially handicapped by one of the posts in the colonnade last Saturday...
...Comment. Everywhere Presbyterian ministers were interviewed by the press. In Manhattan, clerical opinion deeply regretted the separation. Outside, the majority were well pleased. Editorial writers of the larger dailies both in and out of Manhattan tended to deplore the resignation as significant of narrow-mindedness. Moderator Macartney from his sick bed issued a plain denunciation of Dr. Fosdick concluding: "To all those who deny the Lord Jesus Christ in the fullness of and glory of His Redeeming Person and power . . . the Presbyterian Church is a closed door and, pray God, it shall ever be such...
When the directors of Bethlehem Steel some time ago decided to pass the common dividend, considerable pessimistic comment was occasioned about future prosperity for the "independent" steel companies. This attitude was, for the time being at least, borne out by the company's statement for its third quarter this year, ending Sept. 30. During these three months, total income was $6,495,731; after interest, etc., of $3,466,107 and depreciation and depletion of $2,927,457, the net income amounted to only $102,167, or nowhere near enough to cover preferred dividends...
...merit of Mr. de Pachmann in the practice of his art, critics differ. There is a certain difficulty in estimating the proficiency of an agreeable old fellow who persists in distracting your attention by a rapid fire of chatty comment and sportive gesture. His work is uneven?varying from snatches of irresistible and unfamiliar beauty to heinous sins against the purest of arts. Anyway, he is worth watching...
...important thing to call attention to in any comment on the report of the League", declared Professor Greene, "is that it has brought to the notice of the public the increasing popularity of the Classics. There seems to be no doubt that most teachers are at last convinced that it is no waste of time to study 'dead languages'. They are, however, aware of their responsibility in concentrating more on the subject matter of classics and less on the grammar than formerly. To this end they are improving their texts and changing their methods of teaching...