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...trend of educational progress undoubtedly is toward increasing what President Lowell has called "interest in and respect for the intellectual life." In so far as this object is achieved in the future, the gravest of university problems will disappear, and it is with as the mainly on its accomplishment that all improvements in educational machinery must be made...
...strange play of traded identity has appeared and will probably disappear rapidly. It is not what is technically known as "good theatre." It is not very well played. All of which is a misfortune, for the play had excellent possibilities. A healthy tramp kills a wealthy hermit and steals his soul. He thereupon falls in love with the girl the dead man loved...
That ancient institution which we call a Court is really the supreme and basic invention of all civilization. It is the only device which has been found to work to prevent war when quarrels became acute. Without it, civilization itself would soon disappear; in fact, it could never have existed. It is the Court which everywhere has kept peace and this has been true in ever-widening circles. Even our humblest Court is that of the "Justice of the Peace...
...Free urges that the public supply information that will lead to the photography and scientific study of the prehistoric examples of American art before they disappear or are defaced...
Looking insufferably bored, Glenna Collett saw her ball dip over a swell of grass and disappear into the tenth hole of the course of the St. Louis Country Club. Her father was a famous amateur bicycle rider. Her bust measurement is 36 inches. She had on a lemon sweater, buff skirt, tan hat. The public displayed some interest in these facts because, by virtue of that putt, she won for the second time the U. S. women's golf championship...