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...would seem, therefore, that there is sufficient demand to warrant the establishment of a school of the Dramatic Arts here at Harvard, with an adequate theatre and proper equipment. The "Workshop" represents, at present, as well-trained and carefully selected a group of experimenters in the theatrical arts as any in the country. The work being done here is commanding mere and more the attention of the whole country. It is essential that suitable means be placed at the Workshop's disposal at once, If it is fulfill the promise which it so abundantly shows...
...heard comparatively few opinions bearing on the German attitude toward the war, but these of course reflected only the views of the individuals uttering them, and there were not enough of them to warrant generalization. These particular individuals, with one exception, considered that the war was forced upon Germany by other nations; the single dissenting individual thought that the war was forced upon the German people by the German rulers for whom he expressed bitter condemnation...
...extended list of its illegal practices compiled by such lawyers as Zachariah Chafee, Felix Frankfurter, and Dean Pound of the Law School, cannot fail to arouse the suspicion that "where there is smoke there is fire". Specifically, the Department is charged with wanton destruction of property; arrest without warrant; illegal imprisonment without trial; cruelty, torture, and "third-degree" methods--all employed against aliens and persons of foreign birth who are not cognizant of their rights under the American law. In particular, as regards the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the Department stands accused of gaining a conviction by means of secret evidence...
Some time ago we excluded Chinese laborers; we have legislated to check Japanese immigration; specific cases from other countries are barred and a law was recently passed creating a literacy test for admission. But the query arises: is this enough? Circumstances today warrant drastic measures if our industries are once more to be placed on a firm basis. It would appear that a temporary restraint on immigration would do much to lessen the present plague of unemployment...
...part of the evening. The amount of publicity both favorable and adverse that the tutorial system has recently received and the extensive criticism of educational methods in the United States, has made the topic one of sufficient interest, in the opinion of the officers of the Liberal Club, to warrant a special meeting for its discussion. In addition there will be a brief business session at which four amendments to the constitution of the club will be considered...