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...discover for themselves the beauty and the inspiration of the work. And be delivers for themselves the beauty and the inspiration of the work. And he delivers thoughtful, though provoking lectures on the content of the Old Testament. He is a great teacher. Though Plato and Aristotle might balk at implied Hebraism, they would be pleased at his efforts. Why must his method remain eccentric? It is difficult for the undergraduate to answer. And when he has read the Outlines of Courses it is even more...
Brown's runs came in the first and in the seventh. After one had been retired in the opening frame, Booth threw wildly in fielding Edes' lunt the Boar right fielder, taking second. A balk advanced him to the far corner, and Ruchstall's hit through short stop sent him over. The other Brown run came in the seventh when Guerney caught one of Booth's fast balls and sent it deep into center field. Burns hooted the ball before picking it up, and the runner made the circuit on the combined hit and messy fielding...
...Garden. There is an ever growing impression that Laurette Taylor is the greatest U.S. actress. Devotees of Ethel Barrymore and Mrs. Fiske will balk indignantly at this assertion, for the impression has been current for some years that Mrs. Fiske is our greatest actress, and that Miss...
...asked [a fellow divine]. The answer was: 'There are but two-the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception and the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope.' The Catholics of the Episcopal Church are willing to render obedience to the Pope as the chief of bishops; they balk at infallibility and cherish the hope that in some unforeseen fashion the bars may be lowered that they may enter in. 'Do you think that will ever be?' I asked. The only answer was a shrug of the shoulders...
...allow its thorough development, such as the reduction of the number of courses required in the Senior year from candidates for distinction. The ardent advocate of the tutorial system is apt to be impatient that no further lightening of course requirements has been made, and is apt to balk at President Lowell's statement that: "There is no intention of gradually substituting tutorial work for courses of instruction." Yet in the light of the past what President Lowell has already accomplished in this field is a unique and brilliant record of achievement...