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...Frederick B. Robinson, President of the College of the City of New York upheld in a recent statement the theory recently advanced by President Lowell that the younger undergraduates at colleges generally excel in scholarship those of more mature years...
...will be able to muster up power enough to turn them back. The Maroons are a heavy, bruising outfit, but good as they were they were no match for the Boston team when the precious goals were needed. It is in the matter of teamwork that the Bruins particularly excel. When a streaking forward gets by the opposing defense he can be pretty sure that one of his teammates will be right up there with him to take the pass and nullify the efforts of the goalie no matter how good he may be. And that's not only true...
...succeed in rivaling the same kind of industries in other lands, it must take into consideration the ingredient which gives many of them their greatest value?the quality of art. It has only now determined upon that rivalry. It has now come to the point of desiring to excel in this quality of art as well as in technical, mechanical, or practical excellence, to which it has bent all of its endeavors heretofore...
...nnhilde, an Isolde. Soon she became world renowned as the great Wagner interpreter. In 1885 she went to the U. S., to the Metropolitan. City after city paid her tribute. Grover Cleveland and Andrew Carnegie were among her admirers. Still specializing in Wagner, she proved that she could excel in other music. Few singers today have a repertoire of more than 30 roles. Lilli Lehmann knew...
...Olympia is famed Fay Compton, who has excited English enthusiasm since her 1911 debut in The Follies. Long ago, Fay Compton played the title rôle, which made Maude Adams famous here, in Peter Pan. Those actresses who are great in Barrie's plays, like those who excel in Shakespeare's, are a special type, often not successful elsewhere. Fay Compton is perhaps a Barrie actress but she has been cheered in many other sorts of plays. Since 1914, she has not played in the U. S.; then she was on her second husband...