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...majority of men in College Silver Bay means little but a teaspoonful of religious moralizing, sugar-coated with athletics and recreational possibilities of the most pleasing sort. To a few it is a source of great inspiration and really valuable spiritual help, "worth more than a whole year in college...
...Inca names over their portals, such as "Gualdophi" and "Karelos", which are untranslatable, but seem to have been proper names. "Gualdophi", strangely enough, was also the name of an exclusive inn in the nearby city of Machu Picchu. One of the more unusual places of this kind was a sort of underground cave, below a curious structure that seems to have been a temple to the God of wine...
Lastly I must mention the dining halls in the basements of the sleeping quarters which I described in an earlier letter. These quarters, as I said, were of an unbelievably crude sort, and the food corresponded. Weeds, volcanic fish, and a conclusion of wild rice were the chief articles noted in their parchment menus. Oddly enough, we have one piece of concrete evidence--a petrified cake, apparently as fresh as on the day it was served. Cordially yours, J. BEATH-DUNCAN, With the University of Nueva Barcelona Peruvian Expedition, Near Machu Picchu, Peru, January...
...beginning of the hegira to Revere Beach, the end of the "legitimate" season in Boston draws toward its close. "The Tavern", at the Tremont, is probably the last of the reputed first-rate productions that we can look for here before next fall, and it is not the sort of play to suffer much from hot weather. The fickle Mr. Cohan, who sometimes make us suspect that he is as good a publicity agent as he is actor, author and producer, has broken his vow of theatrical chastity again and honored Boston with his presence behind the footlights. His part...
...Philanthropies of this sort," explained Dr. Furst, "have a detachment and an independence that make possible a devotion to the general good, without regard to local or competitive restrictions. Such large institutions must not allow themselves to be moved by hasty or unnecessary criticism. They are judged solely on results, and they must satisfy popular opinion by results alone...