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...speaking before a large gathering in the First Parish Church House last evening. "The men thought that the only difference between themselves and the men who convicted them was that the other men ad not been caught. This was the wrong view to take and it was our task to change their opinions and to make them men who would be of service to the community and not a menace when they came...
...tremendous sacrifice. All three were men of conspicuous ability, they were trained and ready to take their place in the world's life-two of them had definitely consecrated themselves to the high service of the Christian ministry-when suddenly they were called upon to lay aside their task of battling for righteousness either in France or here, where they were so badly needed. That men of such unusual promise and of such sterling worth should need to be sacrificed is baffling in the extreme...
...Mawson is an English landscape architect who was commissioned in 1914 to prepare plans for the remodelling of the city of Athens. At the personal recommendation of the king and queen of Greece, he undertook this task and will speak tonight on the progress of his interesting work. His talk will be illustrated by lantern slides released by special permission of the Greek sovereigns...
...Master" is a modern thought production, in which the author gives us his chief character, ruled, presumably, by reason--by the idea that one should have individual freedom to follow the mandates of his own desires in the largest things of life. The author has accomplished a thoroughly fine task...
Once upon a time, and not so very long ago either, the task of separating an average undergraduate from a bit of acceptable verse was well-nigh hopeless. Yet we find that of the eighteen contributions to the current Advocate all but four are verses, and one of the four is an appreciation of Amy Lowell. And several of these are rather more than acceptable. This is hardly the place for a discussion of modern poetry, but such a situation cannot escape comment. How the times have changed!--or is it merely the result of a long and assiduous storing...