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Most of the English visitors to this country are past masters in the art of creating a good impression. Instead of trying to do our thinking for us or to give us ready-made conclusions, as the Gormans generally tried to do, they compel us to like them personally. In...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: England and the Ruhr | 1/27/1923 | See Source »

On the subject of the French occupation of the Ruhr, the impression he left was that it was an act of military aggression on the part of France, and that France was wholly responsible for any evil results that might follow. It is, however, perfectly obvious, to any one who...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: England and the Ruhr | 1/27/1923 | See Source »

During the course of his exposition of the plot, Professor Kittredge presented the salient features involved in the makeup of the characters. Of Othello he said. "He is often throught to have brought down destruction on his head by jealousy. It is not so. Othello's trouble is with his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISCUSSES STRUCTURE OF "OTHELLO" IN LECTURE | 1/20/1923 | See Source »

Group pictures of crews, clubs, and editorial boards in past generations preserve the impression that our ancestors in their college days were mature and solemn men. Sartorial fashions, no doubt, contribute to the effect; but a record of student ages half a century ago would probably show an average of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE | 1/19/1923 | See Source »

With characteristic skill, many of the metropolitan newspapers have taken up the University's problem of admitting negroes to the Freshman dormitories, and have mis-emphasized it in such a way as to give a false impression. A plain statement of facts is the only basis for judgement, and the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMPULSION | 1/17/1923 | See Source »

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