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...aggregate of these individual conditions is probably not unhygienic, it is only very disagreeable. The theory being that man can always adapt himself to his surroundings. Nevertheless, it seems that a college dormitory should not be quite so close to the line...
...feature picture is "Fatty" Arbuckle in "The Travelling Salesman", a comedy done in the usual Arbuckle style, but lacking the customary amount of laugh-producing "pep." Perhaps the cause of this can be found in the fact that the picture, instead of being written for Mr. Arbuckle, was adapted from a stage play. In the case of a comedian whose humor is so peculiarly distinct in its character as is Mr. Arbuckle's, such a procedure has its difficulties, since the comedian must adapt himself to the play, rather than the play to himself. In spite of this, Mr. Arbuckle...
Another method which the Business School is using to help the men adapt themselves to the school's methods is that of giving a series of orientation lectures covering the aims of the school and its methods. An effort has been made to make these lectures a basis for a complete understanding by the student of the school; what it is trying to do; what it is not trying to do; and the reasons for the choice of the particular methods used. In this way the school hopes to help the students who come from a large number of colleges...
Happily the sins of our law are venial. Time is required for it to adapt itself to the new conditions of the 20th century. In regard to corporations, it has made rapid strides. But in regard to the poor man, justice is sluggish. The state needs trained, ingenious lawyers; but when it gets them with the sacrifice of lawyers with human understanding and a layman's common sense, there is no gain. Perhaps no better expenditure could be made by the state than to attract with large salaries the right kind of legally trained men to sit as judges...
Happily the sins of our law are venial. Time is required for it to adapt itself to the new conditions of the twentieth century. In regard to corporations, it has made rapid strides. In regard to the poor man, justice is sluggish. The state needs trained, ingenious lawyers; but when it gets them by the sacrifice of lawyers with human understanding and a layman's common sense, there is no gain. Perhaps no better expenditure could be made by the state than to attract with large salaries the right kind of legally trained men to sit as judges...