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...through the ear. And there seems to be a feeling that an instructor who cannot talk fifty-seven minutes on every daily topic is unworthy of his hire; seldom is a class dismissed, as it well might be, at the end of forty-five minutes; seldom does an instructor confess that the wealth of excellent reading material on a certain section of the field covered by his course make two meetings a week rather than three sufficient for that period. And the number of courses in which, as a result, lectures are industriously shunned, testifies to the need...
...feel that winning visitors should be permitted to take the posts without opposition to take the posts without opposition, but confess we may be wrong. But, particularly in a game so cleanly and decisively won as that of Saturday, it would have been an act of good sportsmanship to lot the Brown men carry off the kindling unmolested. The chief charm of football is its good sportsmanship. The Saturday aftermath was not pleasingly fragrant. -Boston Traveller...
...believe the State's Attorney should stand here and confess he is not big enough to keep these men protected." observed the Court. "I think Mr. Bere is big enough to take care of himself...
Perhaps Florence Crabbe may not believe it, but it is true that when James Montgomery Flagg attended the Art Students' League during the '90s he was spoken of as "The Beautiful Youth," and with no sarcasm attached to it either. I must confess that when I looked at the cut in the March 21 issue of TIME I could hardly realize that he was the same Flagg who used to attract so much attention for his good looks, the Flagg with the straight, slender figure and the quiet manner touched with just a bit of blaze...
Most notable news exploit of the Times occurred recently in the parole of one Jesse Lucas who had been in prison 23 years for murder. Sharp-eyed Editor Richard James Finnegan read a small item in the Tribune telling of the deathbed confession of the murder by another man. He dug up two female witnesses who had testified against Lucas, got them to confess perjury. Now Lucas is out of jail, making quilts which Times girl employes are helping to sell. Meanwhile Editor Finnegan is personally presenting Lucas' case for full pardon...