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...student to take his mental intoxicants from modern turmoil is, however, hurrying his ultimate fate. Allow him first to realize that education is not merely supplementary to life but preparatory for life, that it can create the character of life, for it is not bound to select its creeds from momentary enthusiasms but can range the whole field of knowledge and the whole history of man for its expression...
...York theatres and especially the so-called "little theatres" continue to follow in the steps of the Dramatic Club in the matter of choosing plays for their select audiences. Three of the last four plays presented for the first time in the United States by the Dramatic Club are being produced in New York within a month. The "Makropolous Secret," which was given at the University in the spring of 1924 has already been received enthusiastically and gives promise of a long run. R. C. Burrell '24, a member of the American Laboratory Theatre who was president of the Dramatic...
...stimulation of the horizontal semicircular canals is the least objectionable, passengers soon learn that the recumbent position is most comfortable. They should select the midship region of the ship, where the motion is minimal, and the weather side of the vessel, as the wind is fresher there and in small ships not so apt to convey an undesirable odor from the galley. Cases that persist in spite of simple remedial measures, demand careful examination. A slight pre-existing cardiac incompetence may be aggravated by the efforts of vomiting and may cause a passive congestion of the abdominal viscera, with deficient...
...books that are read? There must be a deal of truth in tales of the ocean's monotony, for one "wiper's" list ran thus: Froude, "Life and Letters of Erasmus". Kipling's "Captains Courageous", Russell, "Select Essays", Hazlitt's "Table Talk", Shakespeare's Histories, with excerpts also from Tennyson and Coleridge...
...Adopted a resolution to have the credentials of Representative-elect John W. Langley of Kentucky considered by a select committee to report on the qualifications of Mr. Langley and recommend action to the House. Mr. Langley is under prison sentence for conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws...