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DEAR SIRS:- Permit me to call the special attention of members of the University and of the general public to the fact that on Saturday evening, March 28, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will play Phedre. In the French classical tragedy there are two plays that stand out above all the other masterpieces in that particular form of drama: Corneille's Polyeucte and Racine's Phedre, the one the finest sacred tragedy, the other the finest profane tragedy. We are to have the opportunity of seeing the latter performed by the greatest modern actress. The part of Phedre is consummately difficult...
...first main advantage to be gained by bimetallism is the establishment of an approximate par of exchange between the gold-using and the silver-using nations. The group of nations which stand midway between these two, bind them together by the so-called "bimetallic link," which is invaluable in steadying trade...
...peremptory message was justifiable.- (1) Affairs demanded an immediate and firm stand on the part of the United States.- (a) England, with no authority but a disputed claim, was on the point of occupation: H. C. Lodge in Cong. Record, Dec. 30, 1895, p. 360.- (b) England had refused to arbitrate.- (2) It is in conformity with public opinion.- (a) It has unqualified support of the Senate and House of Representatives.- (b) English public opinion now generally approves it.- (x) As seen in the London Shipping World, London Chronicle, Pall Mall Gazette, St. James Gazette.- (y) Speeches at the opening...
...this column is read by the authorities I should like to suggest an improvement in the new drying rooms at the gymnasium. Under the present conditions one comes up dripping from the bath and while he dries himself has to stand round on the cold asphalt pavement, often in puddles of water left by other fellows. Now a slat floor laid on joists over the concrete and made in sections so as to be easily taken up would be far more comfortable to the feet, and would shed all waste water. How the thousand or more bathers would appreciate such...
...merits of the question. "We assert," it says, "that it is a duty entailed upon us as citizens of the United States to do everything in our power to oppose the war spirit so rampant now." Now if Mr. Warner or any other man can show us that the stand taken by the United States on this question is wrong he ought to do so and thus prove Mr. Roosevelt to be wrong. The trouble is that he fights shy of the main question...