Word: authorization
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Palmer's letter in the CRIMSON of March 17 is interesting but subject to dispute. His scientific division of the ways in which classics should be taught appears somewhat obscure and doubtful. Why may not a student follow more than one point of view in reading an author if that author deserves such a consideration? When a man climbs a mountain, whether he is a botanist, a geologist, or a mere climber, he must have one look at the vegetation, another at the ground, and another at the vistas about him. If he fails to appreciate any of these three...
...must not make Tacitus merely an object of linguistic or literary or historical study to a man who reads him for the first and, probably, for the last time, simply because Tacitus is great in all these fields and to omit one of them is to belittle the author. After all, even if scrambled eggs do not suit our taste, we must use some salt or pepper or bread or fire to go with them. A raw egg is hardly palatable to the average man. ARISTIDES E. PHOUTRIDES...
...meeting of the Salvation Army on a street corner. Even with the glorious liberty which his verse allows, must he resort to such rhymes as "tune" and "importune"? A short, vivid tale by Mr. H. S. Rogers, however, tells an old story and tells it well. Anonymity shields the author of "The Young Faun," who depicts not merely an afternoon, but several of the last mornings and evenings of the wild creature's life. "Shoes of Unity" is the name Mr. Littell gives his composition which, in spite of some harsh transpositions and prose lines that mar his attempt...
...notable play, by a notable author, presented by a notable cast, came to Boston Monday evening when John Galsworthy's "Justice," was seen at the Plymouth Theatre. Six years ago "Justice" was first presented to the public in London and met with a great success. Now, produced in America, one can only hope that the admirableness of the cast combined with the interest in prison reform, which is just now sweeping the country, will serve to keep this play upon the stage for the long run that it deserves...
Professor Mathews is the author of many books on religious subjects. For eight years he was editor of The World Today, and since 1913 he has been editor of the Biblical World and associate editor of the American Journal of Theology and the Construction Quarterly. He is a graduate of Colby College, Newton Theological Institution, and the University of Berlin...