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...successfully revived by unusual means, an injection of adrenalin. The child, a boy, was one of a pair of boy and girl twins born in a Brooklyn maternity hospital. The two children together weighed only five and a half pounds at birth. The girl, except for her size, was normal. The boy was without heart action or respiration...
...present, Harvard offers most of its alumni only one time at which they can renew their personal contact. That is at Commencement, when student affairs are not proceeding on their normal plan, three-fourths of the undergraduates have left Cambridge, and the alumni themselves are so occupied with reunions that they have little chance to refresh their acquaintance with college opinions and problems. Clearly, a day such as Yale's, in the middle of term-time, would provide the closer touch that is needed. And it would not only be of advantage to the alumni, but might help the students...
...events, it has long served as the sovereign remedy for all personal "humours", biasses, and quirks of character. From time immemorial boys have used this method in bringing their "queer" companions up to normal. To them the customary has meant perfection, the conventional has been their idea of the correct. Unfortunately this view and the habit of trying to force everyone to "do what the crowd does", has been the means of crushing many an extraordinary personality when it was in the formative stage. Shelley's classmates did their best to force his queerness into the average path, but fortunately...
...real trouble lies deeper than the ring of this vicious circle. What is needed for the normal, healthy development of the moving pictures is good fiction of a distinctive type. It must have, besides dramatic possibilities, "color" and good delineation of character. Great novels of the past have been unearthed, revamped, and set before the public as "super-productions". Myths have been blended into history to make a film character of Robin Hood. "Eugenie Grandet", rechristened "The Conquering Power," made a "gripping photo-drama". But in all of these the character has appeared ready-made for the actor to interpret...
...regulations, just adopted, provide that the Alumni Association shall nominate by February 15 at least twice as many candidates as there are places to be filled. This means in normal years at least ten candidates. Additional nominations may be made up to April 1 by petition signed by at least 200 graduates eligible to vote...