Word: developement
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...Ethiopian Art Theatre. It was the avowed purpose of Mr. Raymond O'Neil, director of this group of Negro players, to develop his troupe along the lines of their own individual and racial characteristics rather than to train them into a smooth imitation of white-skinned actors. And here, it would seem, he has succeeded already?and should succeed to an even greater degree in the future. The first bill of their repertory season consists of a one-act curtain-raiser, The Chip Woman's Fortune, followed by Oscar Wilde's Salome. The Chip Woman's Fortune, a mild little...
...European students, after completing a tour of thirty American colleges, were unanimous and emphatic in their criticisms. Perhaps their most interesting remark was one which had to do with undergraduate activities. In this country, an English student, said, one goes to college not to develop himself, but to distinguish himself. Since the road to distinction leads at present through athletics and "activities" rather than through studies, a distortion of emphasis naturally results. A student's object becomes to "make" a club, team, or organization; and he feels content when he has attained that object...
Lieutenant Colonel Edward B. Vedder, of the Army Medical Corps, found that guinea pigs inoculated with tuberculosis bacilli and a concentration of mustard gas did not develop the disease although other " control" animals, without...
...first two of these plays were written by Sir Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1918, an award made but twice to English speaking men. "The Farewell Curse" is a poetic playlet of love and duty, which endeavors to develop the idea that learning without love is incomplete. "The Maharani of Arakan" is a romantic comedy, and to those who see below the surface of the allegory there is the lesson of the endeavor of Englishmen and Hindus toward reconciliation...
...which is now hardly necessary for its continued success. At the same time, it should be remembered that the Government is not supporting polo ponies all over the country to make a Roman holiday for the colleges. The object is to stimulate riding in the Training Corps units; to develop athletic skill in the future officers, to teach team-work and coordination,-in fact, to accomplish what sports are everywhere intended to accomplish. Championship teams are very gratifying,-but they are incidental to the work of giving the entire units proficiency in horsemanship which cannot be obtained by riding...