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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reveals his habit of doing all his own thinking and of doing it vigorously. What he had to say on academic freedom before the Boston Baptist Social Union the other night was reported in a way that implied considerable antagonism to the position taken on this subject by the American Association of University Professors, and may even have been so intended. It is true that the association report did quite sharply divide the members of the teaching force from the members of the collegiate boards of trustees, and that in view of the division there is urgent need...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 10/6/1916 | See Source »

...afternoon and evening tomorrow will be devoted to the celebration by the University Divinity School of its 100th anniversary of existence as a separate institution from the College proper. The separation of college and school in 1816 is counted the first establishment of a professional school at the oldest American university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DIVINITY SCHOOL CELEBRATES | 10/4/1916 | See Source »

...CRIMSON of October 3 I noticed in your article on the American Ambulance Field Service among the Harvard men mentioned the name of L. C. Doyle. As a matter of record I should like to offer a correction. Doyle was Yale 1910, he had an older brother here at Harvard, who was very likely in the Class of 1904. PHILIP T. CATE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: L. C. Doyle Yale Graduate. | 10/4/1916 | See Source »

Probably the only thing which makes the play a valuable contribution to American drama is the clever dialogue, for several timely slaps are directed toward the present administration and its war policy. Too much emotion is exhibited too often to give any balance to the piece, and the free play of bullets falls very short of realism. The action takes place in Texas, but Texas is at least under the Constitution...

Author: By F. E. P. jr., | Title: The Theatre in Boston | 10/3/1916 | See Source »

...acting, the stellar honors easily belong to A. H. Van Buren, in the part of Colonel Bannard. He is exceptionally strong, and with a fine voice, an American stage anomaly, he carries through the "heavies" admirably. Elsie Rizer as the Colonel's wife, also has ability, but there is a lack of poise in her acting which is noticeable at tense moments. It is a surprise to see Frank Campeau in the small role of Bill, Hecht, when one remembers the remarkable Trampas he played in "The Virginians." Amelia Gardner as Mrs. Lane and Robert Frazer as Lieut. Ellsworth were...

Author: By F. E. P. jr., | Title: The Theatre in Boston | 10/3/1916 | See Source »

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