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...well merited. Nor should one overlook Miss Juliet's clever little song "Soup"--one of her best performances. Indeed, with such talent on the program as the above mentioned groups, one cannot help feeling that the management has, with some of the acts, resorted to needless "padding" to the detriment of the show as a whole...
...public or semi-public nature. We hear much of the rights of property and of labor. Is the owner of property justified in managing it to augment his own profits, regardless of the general welfare; and is the laborer justified in curtailing production if it be to the detriment of the community at large; and if not, what are the proper limitations? Again, it is not my object here to express or imply answers to such questions, but to point out that they require answers; because the tranquility and welfare of our country depends upon their being answered aright...
...more desirable, because it is not only lucrative, but it also brings credit upon the student. However, there are some who cannot get honor marks (we frankly admit there are some) and it is for these that the existing regulations of the Freshman Dining Halls are a distinct detriment. If a Freshman secures a position which makes it impossible for him to eat certain meals at the dining halls, the college makes no allowance, but forces the student to pay not only for his meal outside, but also for the one he does not eat at the dining halls...
...panic, with its evil effects even upon healthy institutions, its detriment to local manufactures and trade, and its reflections upon the financial reputation of Massachusetts, will have been worth all the trouble, if out of it can come a realization that sound, progressive banking methods, administered by trained executives, are preferable to high returns and low security...
...this sketch as well as in the one of Brummell there can be sensed a spirit of Puritanism which pervades the whole volume, much to its detriment. Mr. Ellis has but little sympathy for those who do not play the game according to Hoyle. He always seems to be saying: "You see these men and women I am writing about were essentially immoral--so it is only natural that they failed--as they deserved...