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...cannot expect the alien to learn them in a day. If some of his opinions are opposed to ours, that does not of necessity make him (especially in his own eyes) either a criminal, to be forcibly deported, or an imbecile, to be forcibly "Americanized" into a mode of living which he does not understand...
Part of this failure can be explained through Mr. Sabatini's mode of presentation. He has chosen the most difficult of all modes--the direct. Torquemada speaks for Torquemada, fully and at length. The great men hold the center of the stage. Scott, Hugo, Dumas, all of the legion who have succeeded in popularizing history avoided this method as the devil. Minor figures, though principal characters in the story held the public eye, while the major figures in the world's history appeared and disappeared in the background. Yet there is more historical truth, more conviction, more delineation of character...
Social service brings him directly into contact with the industrial world. He comes to know, through practical experience, the mode of life and the problems of what might be called the proletariat. The world in its perplexed state is sorely in need of men with understanding, with broad views, with experience and knowledge of labor problems. There is nothing so effective to promote this end as Social Service...
That the new Ice Pavilion may cause some changes in the traditional mode of hockey play here is indicated by the enthusiasm with which the B. A. A. at a recent meeting received the plan for six instead of seven-man hockey. For a surface as large as the Arena, the sevenman combination was the ideal arrangement, but in view of the size of the Pavilion, several hockey experts have appeared in favor of the new plan...
...forward passes. And it on this defense that a large part of the attention of the coaches has been focused during the past week. Both Yale and the University have not shown particular strength in meeting an aerial attack in past games, and, as both elevens may use this mode of offense in a pinch, defense against it is of great importance...