Word: allow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...toward all the real business of life" has largely passed away; and the point has been reached where this type of literature forms a convenient and popular vehicle for the conveying of science, history, and religion to the masses. The habit of disapproval is too deeply ingrained, however, to allow the novel to escape scot-free; and it is this very subservience to science that arouses modern criticism. Speaking at St. Mark's-in-the-Bouerie Dr. Brian Brown unconsciously voiced this disapproval by saying that "Psychology is the hero and heroine of every piece of fiction." It is apparently...
...examinations. As long as a course is conducted under this plan there is little chance that the theoretical purpose of the section meeting will be fulfilled. Since there seems to be no entirely defensible ground for frequent quizzes in sections, the logical step would be to eliminate them and allow the meeting to achieve its true purpose--intelligent oral discussion...
...paraphernalia, log-books, pictures, and scrimshaw, which was the artistic work of the sailors, in engraving and carving whale ivory, have found their way into the museum. The prize of the collection, however, is a model of a whaling bark, built on half-scale, which is large enough to allow people to walk about on her decks and go down into her cabin. The model is fully equipped with the things that would ordinarily have been taken on a voyage, from whaling charts to sails. It is particularly interesting now that the square-rigger has practically disappeared from the seas...
...annual pictures of the Senior and Freshman classes will be taken at 1 o'clock tomorrow on the steps of the Widener Library. The Senior picture is taken first, but not until the Freshmen have contributed what in the Seniors' estimation is a sufficient fund will the later allow the Freshman picture to be taken. A large sheet will be held by the graduating class to be filled with coins, which will finance a Senior celebration...
...oarsman decides to keep silent, despite the strident urgings of his sweetheart, whose stagnant purity is the one false note in the play?everyone else is as humanly frank as the law will allow. Louis Calhern gives a redoubtable performance as the Yale oarsman, achieving the feat of looking like a 'reluctant caveman. Judith Anderson is exceptionally facile as the insidious cobra. Ralph Morgan as the betrayed husband and Clara Moores as the insistently good sweetheart add to the absorbtion of a drama that leaves one flushed...