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...first half of his lecture on "The Federal Regulation of Corporations," yesterday, Mr. Henry L. Stimson traced the growth of the present-day monopolistic corporations, and emphasized the fact that though they are not essentially a menace to the public, there is a dividing line, often overstepped, beyond which they cease to be beneficent and become actually dangerous and harmful. That they are a necessary outgrowth of existing economic conditions is shown by the fact that they have increased in the teeth of active competition. The chief factors in this rapid growth are the limited liability of the investors...
...Elliott has been connected with railroading in the West since he was graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School in 1881. Like nearly every present-day railroad man of note, he has filled numerous positions, varying in responsibility from minor clerkships to that which he now holds as president of one of the most progressive railroads of the country...
...Quarterly Review, formerly Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh, and recently president of the Royal Historical Society of England offers History 30. This is a half-course on "The Creation of the British Empire," and will deal with the expansion of England and with the present-day administration of imperial affairs. It will meet on Mondays and Wednesday at 10 in Emerson...
...time of the "Faith Healer" is the present. The place is an isolated farm-house near a small town in the Middle West. A lonely shepherd, Ulrich Michaelis, wanders into a Missouri hamlet, where he heals through faith. How he lost his gift through love of a woman, and how he recovers it, and are told in three acts of increasing dramatic intensity. Though there is a touch of mysticism throughout the play, and the spiritual element is strong, neither is allowed to dominate the dramatic telling of the present-day story...
...time of the "Faith Healer" is the present. The place is an isolated farmhouse near a small town in the Middle West. A lonely shepherd, Ulrich Michaelis, wanders into a Missouri hamlet, where he heals through faith. How he lost his gift through love of a woman, and how he recovers it, are told in three acts of increasing dramatic intensity. Though there is a touch of mysticism throughout the play, and the spiritual element is strong, neither is allowed to dominate the dramatic telling of the present-day story. Michaelis, according to Mr. Moody's own description...