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...remains the one serious criticism: How much can boys of the high school senior or preparatory school sixth form age benefit by a year in an institution whose traditions, institutions and in most cases whose language is foreign to them? Are they not likely to be too young to understand the ideals and aspirations of the national life about them, while just old enough to feel strange and out-of-place...
...entertainment. The company although not a notable one is thoroughly creditable and quite capable of furnishing sufficient background for its chieftain. Mr. Hampden plays with careful eye for values studiously attained; all his roles are interesting, but his Hamlet, his Shylock, and his Othello are performances that make one understand why people can go to see Shakespeare, as they would go again and again to hear a Beethoven symphony, and find new pleasure at each venture. In his production of the three plays named Mr. Hampden brings forth those dramatic, thrilling qualities from Shakespeare, that enable him year after year...
...point which he has stressed in every utterance is the need for "Keeping our friendship in repair". During the war France and America were more than allies-they were close friends, whose people grew to understand each other better than has ever been possible before or since. Even in the days of the American Revolution, when the Marquis de Lafayette came here to help in our fight for independence, there was no popular or personal friendship such as existed four years ago. But since the armistice an intangible barrier has arisen between the peoples. The French orphan is in danger...
...that they are dying with the dead. The intervention of a supposed friend, who has no qualms about infringing on the realm of the departed, awakens him to the new situation. The friend makes love to her brazenly; she repels it only half-heartedly, and the husband comes to understand that her heart is at last open to a new competitor. The husband fights it out with the friend in a whimsical battle for the lady's favor; he, eventually wins, and justifies his title of husband...
...side and addressing you in person", we enjoy alike his gossip and his serious discussion, "the general look-in on my mind". His charm arises from the fact that the "look-in" although meant for one person, is not confined to thoughts that only two understand and enjoy. Profoundly serious Scot or light hearted, fanciful Irishman, or the American that was the balance between the two, he has something to say that is worth listening to. Whether slamming Hearst or praising Roosevelt or Wilson, philosophizing over politics or religion, setting forth plans of state or dreaming dreams, his mind...