Word: authorizes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...editorial column of May 16 the CRIMSON, in a fit of noble fervor exhorting the people to be patriotic and courageous, gives them the haughty warning that, unless they are capable of showing "stamina and bravery" (which the author of the editorial undoubtedly possesses in overflowing exuberance), ten million Americans would be "of not much more value than ten million Chinese. By the stern ethics of nations," he continues, "the weak and the cowardly have no right to endure...
Professor Zueblin is the author of "American Municipal Progress." "A Decade of Civic Development," and "The Religion of a Democrat." He formerly held the chair of sociology at the University of Chicago...
...Professor Baker's English 47. In three acts, the plot concerns the hostility of ancient customs in Hungary to American ideals, the former represented in the hero and the latter in the American heroine. The action throughout the play takes place in Hungary, and inasmuch as Miss Loveman, the author, is a native of Hungary, she is well informed as to the traditions and mode of life of the people in that land...
Professor Zueblin formery had a chair of sociology at the University of Chicago. He has served on various boards and commissions dealing with sociological research, and is at present editor of the Twentieth Century Magazine. He is also the author of "American Municipal Progress," "A Decade of Civic Development, and "The Religion of a Democrat...
...Andrews has chosen an appealing theme, framed it in an unusual, glowing setting, developed it with truthful, entertaining people, and phrased it in clear, emotional, satisfying dialogue. It is perhaps in plotting that the author is as yet least sure, for, while it hangs together excellently in its early parts, towards the end the play loosens perceptibly in structure. It may be, however,--or so it seems--that injudicious, wholesale cutting has removed necessary material and caused the last act to seem altogether wrong in its emphasis. The first two acts are splendid; the third wavers momentarily and falls...