Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which Mrs. Andrew W. White last year condemned "the neglect of the great body of women to study or practice economy, or to teach it to their daughters." The follies and crimes of men having of late been amply exposed, it now appears to be the turn of their better halves. Mr. Brock,--like Mr. Eugene Walters in "Fine Feathers," recently performed in Boston,--writes the tragedy of a wife's prodigality and deceitfulness. But Mr. Brock has excelled the professional author, who could not resist the temptation of ruining a good subject by melodramatic treatment. the action...
...safe deposit vault. Although the lecture rooms in Massachusetts Hall have been fitted up into satisfactory reading rooms, the students and the Library suffer from the inconvenience of having the main building and reading room a quarter of a mile apart. But both Randall and Massachusetts have proved better suited to their purpose than was expected. The Trustees of the Andover Theological Seminary are housing in their new building more than 100,000 volumes for the Library...
...thousand men, is by an insult which would seem comparatively trivial to others, but which wounds her only pride, suddenly turned into a fury of righteousness, and, without knowing it, becomes a national heroine. This may be melodrama in its superficial appearance, but at bottom it is something far better. I am greatly mistaken if "The Clod" is not the best one act drama that has been seen here for several years, and if it has not all the essential qualities of well merited success on the professional stage. ERNEST BERNBAUM
...only published in the CRIMSON, but receive general attention outside of the University, whereas if given directly to any outside newspaper they probably appear in that paper alone. The more professors and all men connected with Harvard who have news give it out through the Association, not only the better will it be for them, since they will secure greater publicity, but the better will it be for the University. Already the Office has consented to give out all official news through this channel. Everyone who follows its lead is doing a great service...
...College winning the decision in two of the simultaneous debates will be the victor. So far Harvard has a better record than either Yale or Princeton in the number of contests won, having secured the title three times...