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...member of the Yale Corporation, is criticised for taking part in the election of a Harvard graduate as Yale president he is able to point to the capture of Connecticut's educational posts by Harvard alumni and say that he was not responsible for this situation, which has grown of itself for years...
...great universities of the country have become national institutions, offering, more and more, all the forms of education needed by anyone in any community. From the college founded by John Harvard has grown the University with its many graduate schools. The same expansion is true of Yale, Columbia and Cornell, to mention only a few instances. Education has become so widely available and so standardized that it can be picked up at the nearest supply station. The choice of college no longer depends so largely on what a boy can learn in any particular place; as far as that...
...Sims has drawn attention to an interesting subject. Just what the facts are, just what conclusions fellow is a matter that, so far, has been little discussed. Certain it is that this University has grown into a thing of the world, and, among its many problems is this one raised by Mr. Sims...
Walter Hampden, now playing at the Arlington Theatre in a series of Shakespearean plays, seems to have awakened Boston's interest in his work. His audiences, meagre during the earlier performances, have grown steadily, and at present he is drawing excellent houses; in fact his success has been great enough to call for an extra week of "Hamiet," "The Merchant of Venice," and "The Taming of the Shrew...
...industry--indeed, on could not have existed against Germany's competition. But during the war blockade, America was forced of necessity to make its own dyes. None could be had from Germany, and but a small quantity from other sources, consequently a dye industry was formed, which has steadily grown in size and excellence, until it now turns out products that might bid fair to compete with any foreign market. This industry, however, is still in its infancy. Materials and wages are costly, and it has not yet established itself firmly with the manufacturers...