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...United States, in its present difficulties with Mexico, has a great opportunity to show the way. The eventual conquest of that country would be America's acquisition of an "Irish problem," to which she would have to devote attention which should be directed on matters nearer home. Europe is looking for America to lead, and it is the duty of our younger generation to so direct the great forces surely at work that international peace may soon be prevalent, and that we may soon have "a finer race of men and women than the world has ever seen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UTTER FUTILITY OF WARFARE | 4/17/1914 | See Source »

...Bayrenth copyright. There seems to be a slight inconsistency between the statement that Parsifal as a character is one of Wagner's dramatic failures and the following acknowledgement that a good singing actor can make the role entirely convincing. But all this is not to carp unduly. The problem in all criticism, musical or general, is how to hold the balance true between courage and personal conviction and a broad estimate of different aspects. The unsigned accounts of the individuality and style of Erie Satie, in which we recognize the facile pen of Mr. Damon, certainly proves that the Harvard...

Author: By W. R. Spalding ., | Title: Our Opera an Exotic Growth | 4/15/1914 | See Source »

...address to the Territorial Clubs last night, Dr. A. P. Fitch '00 declared that the great problem before the University today is the amalgamation of its three separate social classes into one homogeneous democratic body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROBLEM OF COLLEGE DEMOCRACY | 4/14/1914 | See Source »

After Dr. Fitch's talk, there was an informal discussion in which the affairs of the Territorial Clubs received deep consideration. The problem of injecting more sociability into the meetings, and the task of carrying through the work on the hand-book were acclaimed the most imminent, and it was decided to meet both questions by more closely binding together the separate clubs through a union of the different officers into one common committee. No further action was taken and the hand-book is no nearer publication than before. The attendance at the meeting was discouragingly small...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROBLEM OF COLLEGE DEMOCRACY | 4/14/1914 | See Source »

...Trust Problem Monday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Important Lectures Next Week | 4/11/1914 | See Source »