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...government should act at once to bring to an end the dangerous crisis in the Ruhr". The audience also favored 46 to 3 the subject, "Resolved, That the United States abandon its policy of isolation and take action, and if necessary, sacrificing steps to help Europe in her present problem...
...before entering a moving-picture theatre, but the occasional "movie-goers" exhibit far greater care in their selections. They even peruse the papers to assure themselves of a congenial evening's entertainment, needless to say, their interests differ widely: followers of William S. Hart are bored by a modern "problem play"; advocates of Burton Holmes contemptuously turn up their noses at lovely lingerie, and Mark Sennet enthusiasts fall asleep rather than see a hoop-skirt. Theatre-owners, realizing that it is all a matter of taste, and that the fewer discontented patrons, the better the business, advertise their programs...
Since the revival of football at Columbia in 1915 the Blue and White has not had a championship team and the problem confronting the new coach is a difficult...
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania suggests three possible applications of State funds to the State educational problem: (1) A new State university; (2) State maintenance and control of Penn, State College, Pittsburgh, Temple University; (3) larger subsidies to private institutions. He feels that Pennsylvania has lagged behind other States in higher educational facilities and he has asked the State Council of Education to determine...
...matter uppermost in his mind, probably, would in any case not be the question of passing his idle hours, but of keeping his hours from being idle. Joseph Hergesheimer solved the problem quite simply. He would take ten blank books, and write his own literature to order...