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...influence of the Oxford debaters is still being felt in eastern universities. The gradual departure from traditional methods of debating and conformity to the Oxford style is not a mere aping of the English manner but is an awakening to advantages previously overlooked...
...deal with the situation as it found it on coming into power. You should have in mind the fact that the entrance of this Government in to the League of Nations, on any conditions, could be accomplished only by treaty, and treaties cannot be made except in the constitutional manner. The position of the Administration was defined in President Harding's message to Congress in April, 1921, to which I must refer...
...given it by the Chicago orchestra, and the color put into it by the leading singers, made it a work of beauty. Miss Garden's medium voice sounded shop-worn, but above and below it was rich--and much could have been forgiven in return for the impressive manner in which she dominated each situation. The figure of Flora, scarlet-clad, waving to her departing husband from the battlements, is memorable, and the ensuing struggle with Archibaldo before he kills her, is a most impressive climax. M. Baklanoff, as Manfredo, outdid his comrades with a smooth and telling voice...
...hold my life in the palm of your hand. If after a careful, conscientious deliberation you feel satisfied that I ever had any connection in any way, shape or manner with those two cold blooded murders . . . I ask no compromise, there is to be no alternative, I ask you to bring in a verdict of homicide in the first degree...
This habit which France has of rewarding her artists in the same manner as her heroes is one which we may well admire. America is inclined to shy at the idea of associating its literature, its music, its drama in any way with the government, and the government is equally hesitant to become their patron. The American theory is that art is an individual and a non-essential matter; the government deals only with necessities. France considers its art to be as much a part of the national life, and so of the national need as education or even military...