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Several years ago the University of the city of New York made a move in this direction, and Yale took the matter under consideration, but nothing was done. Cornell also agitated the matter, and the result at the present time is a course of lectures by a well known New...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 4/13/1885 | See Source »

"Although this little book is but a sketch of the principal measeres of protection, it is perhaps on that account more valuable. There remains nothing to be said on the theory of free trade; there remains everything to be done in arousing the American people. Tracts like this will be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 4/13/1885 | See Source »

The fate of the petition of the students for voluntary attendance at chapel has at last been decided. The matter has been carried to the Board of Overseers, the final court of appeal, and the verdict rendered is that it is inexpedient to grant the request of the petitioners. This...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/9/1885 | See Source »

In speaking of the requirements for good acting, Mr. Irving said, "Success does not depend upon a few lessons in declamation, nor upon a study of the tradition of characters; nothing can be worse than a traditional way of interpretation. It is not the attitude nor the tone which is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Irving Lecture. | 3/31/1885 | See Source »

"We are told that our art is ephemeral. Grant that it creates nothing, but does it not restore? It acts as a constant medium for the diffusion of noble ideas. The wide appreciation of Shakspere is due to the stage; for multitudes it has performed the office of discoverer." After...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Irving Lecture. | 3/31/1885 | See Source »