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...glance at Emmanuel of the seventeenth century throws interesting light on the influences acting and reacting upon the contemporary "younger generation." Founded ostensibly to train orthodox ministers, Emmanuel tended more and more to rear Puritans and Calvinists. Chaderton, its first master, while maintaining his connection with the Church of England, was one of the most respected and most powerful supporters of the Puritan ideals. So eloquent and absorbing were his sermons that at the end of one two-hour session, he was greeted by shouts of "For God's sake, sir, go on, go on," from his student audience...
...rate, when John Harvard entered Emmanuel, the king's regulations had been in force for some time and many of the colleges were beginning to show perceptible High Church tinge. But Emmanuel, due to the influence mainly of Chaderton, who still lived there though no longer master, was strongly non-conformist; all the decadent wits of the time rail at "pure Emmanuel". It held itself aloof from the rest of the University, and kept its own council and habits. When the other colleges accepted the inevitable and worshipped according to the king's command. Emmanuel alone refused to conform...
...Vanity Fair", far from confining its distinguished attention to "In and About the Theatre", and "What the Well-Dressed Man Should Wear", has volunteeered some practical information. The "mail order colleges" are thoroughly investigated, and exposed in all their noisy pretentiousness. "The Master Key", "the Realization System". "The Power that Compels Success", all familiar enough to readers of popular magazines, promise wealth, personality, fame, anything in fact, for "Fifteen minutes a day", or a similar sacrifice. And all base their mysterious methods on a "secret power", comparable to the Philosopher's Stone...
...fine type of professional soldier, who has earned his laurels by sticking to his calling. Professor Arnold J. Toynbee, in his admirably written book, The Western Question in Greece and Turkey, says of him: "He proved by a personal demonstration that a Turk can be his own master in Anatolia without having to wait for a better world, and under his inspiration the National Movement sprang to life." Without doubt Mustapha Kemal Pasha is one of the great figures in contemporary history. He stands now against the unseen forces of Western civilization, determined to hold what Turkey...
...master wizard of all radioists, Guglielmo Marconi, is again on the job, and forecasts the early attainment of complete directional control of radio. He is working to perfect a system by which radio messages will be received only by the persons for whom they are intended. His experiments, extending over a considerable period, will soon be put to the acid test on his specially fitted yacht Electra, on which he will cruise down the coast of Europe and Africa. Messages will be sent from Wales and other distant places to test his theory. The secret is being closely guarded...