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Ruggles of Red Gap. Critical inquest into the reasons for this picture's being no better than it should be conclude with the finger of suspicion pointing at the scenario-writer. He had an oportunity to adapt what might have proved the best celluloid comedy of the year, but, unfortunately, he judged his own ability superior to that of the original author (Harry Leon Wilson). Out of the wreckage the cinema addict can salvage considerable amusement. If he happens to have read the story he will experience a great wave of pity for the vacant spaces inside the adapter...
...significant thing about Geddes is that he synthesizes his vast knowledge from these various fields in a movement to adapt industry, agriculture, architecture, domestic economy and institutions in general to the needs and self-expression of all human beings...
...field for religious work. She has a legacy of a rich religious past, and a mind trained in religious experiences. It is for the mission worker to supplement and fill out those same religious experiences by the teachings of Christianity. The Christian faith cannot be imposed. It must be adapted to the needs of the people for whom it is meant. This fundamental fact was recognized as far back as the time of Pope Gregory the Great who instructed Augustine to adapt his religious teachings to the understanding of the Britains among whom he was going...
...This is what the Fellowship of Reconciliation is trying to do. It unites a body of men and women from all countries of the world who share a common desire to see a better harmony in the social order. We feel that it is better to adapt ourselves to circumstances than to lay out our own program of what we think ought to come. The Fellowship is simply a movement to give encouragement and a chance for discussion to people with a common point of view, thus helping them in working out a new economic, social, and spiritual unity...
When questioned about the Japanese problem Bishop Brent said: "The Japanese now in the Islands number only about 5000. They do not like the tropical climate, and, unlike the Chinese, do not adapt themselves readily to unaccustomed conditions. Commercial supremacy, however, is their greatest desire, and doubtless they would like to seize the Islands, if the Americans withdrew. The well-known prowess of the natives in guerilla fighting would make such a conquest very difficult even if unhindered by the intervention of another power. Nevertheless, if independence were granted, it would be necessary to insure it by an international agreement...