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...England and America the divorce of drama and literature, the contempt of the men of letters, the absence of pride, the elevation of incompetent "stars," the poor translation of foreign drama, the lack of a national dramatic school and theatre, and the mistaken point of view of the clergy and the public have caused the great lack of permanent dramatic literature. The English people are either amusement seeking, moderately indifferent or religiously hos- tile to the stage. In spite of all opposition the drama will always exist. Why, then, is it not better to enlist the energy of the cultured...
...frequently met with. The former, attitude, characteristic of blase travellers in pursuit of novel experiences, is directly opposite to the spirit of the traveller St. Paul, whose benevolent sympathy yearned for the enlightenment of his brothers. The latter spirit is often found in missionaries who adopt a fashionable contempt, often disparaging and villifying the people whom they are pretending to raise. It is their narrow mindedness which causes them to apply to foreign religions the comparatively local and conventional standards of the West. We will find that in many cases the Oriental secretiveness so often complained of by our missionaries...
...must be accepted that the figures of the injuries received during the previous years are within the facts. The players were most of them extremely conscientious about answering the questions in the circular letter. On the other hand, the game appears to breed such a contempt for physical pain that many injuries which would appear severe to the ordinary individual were considered trivial by the players. For instance, one man, in answering the circular letter, answered the question, "How many injuries were received during 1905?" "Absolutely none whatever," although at that time he was being treated...
...would be extremely disagreeable to police the Union and the House Committee does not intend to do this unless forced into it, but it wishes to take this opportunity to express its contempt for the few men already discovered and to issue a warning for the future. R. A. DERBY, Chairman House Committee...
...question for debate will be: "Resolved, That contempt of court resulting from an injunction should be subject to jury trial." F. L. Ganley 1L. and F. H. Stinchfield 2L. will support the affirmative, and F. W. Bird '04 and F. B. Wagner 2L. the negative. B. G. Willard, Bowdoin '96, will be critic...