Word: ages
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with which the community is concerned in the present campaign, then it were far better for him to take up his political primer, his newspaper or his train of common sense, and learn what confronts the country. Let us hope that there are few men of the requisite age and the supposed discretion for voting, either college trained or not, either Democrats or Republicans, who believe that the sole issue is that of tariff. Shades of Jefferson Davis! Why not drag up states' rights...
...stage. It is a play of great figures clashing in great scenes. The death of Buckingham, the meeting of Henry and Anne Bollen at the ball, the trial of Queen Katharine, the fall of Wolsey, the coronation of Anne--these scenes show forth the spirit of that turbulent age...
Having experienced for many years an Augustan age of undisputed empery, Harvard is in a less proud but trebly adventurous age of barbarian invasion. It is hard for a team that has known four defeats within more than twice that number of years to fall before a supposedly unimportant antagonist. Defeat after victory is always hard. Nevertheless it is inevitable. It is humiliating for great empires when little Vandal tribes tear down their ancient temples. But Caesars perish and the relentless foe creeps...
...Dartmouth Dramatic Association will present "Naughty Nero," a musical comedy, for the first time next Saturday night. The plot of the play deals with the age when Nero was at the height of his power. The old emperor, through his numerous extra vangances, has gone deeply into debt, and is unable to meet his obligations. Cinema Filmus, a moving picture man from Athens, relieves the embarrassing situation when he requests permission to purchase the moving picture rights for the burning of Rome. Nero, impressed by the magnitude of the offer, readily agrees to the purpose and the destruction of Rome...
This effort by the College of the City of New York to broaden the policy of college education in the United States is highly commendable and the results of this plan must necessarily be watched with interest. If age is willing to be taught, the opportunity to learn surely ought not to be lacking...