Word: finding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Turning from the realm of the purely poetical to that of the scientific, a student vagabond might well find much of interest in a lecture on the influence of river-borne mineral matter upon the oceans and oceanic life given by Professor Daly in Geology 4 at 12 o'clock in the Geological Lecture Room...
...adventurous religion . . . flaming youth . . . united impact ... a synthesis between the hand-to-mouth methods of the Salvation Army and the more reasoned approach of the Christian student movement and the best trained ministry in the country." The results: "The young people's societies of the various [Waterbury] churches find their attendance upon meetings increasing and a deeper spiritual tone pervading them...
Criss Cross. Charles B. Dillingham's big dress-parade is possessed of every grace except humor. Lively dancers, good tunes, gorgeous costumes are presented in abundance. Criss Cross could find no ready market for its splendors, however, were it not for that priceless pair, Stone pere and Stone fille. Dad's acrobatic clowning discovers laughs that the lines themselves never even hinted at, while Daughter's unspoiled charm is one of Broadway's fresh delights. The dull book goes on at length concerning a simple maid who is about to be begged, borrowed, or stolen from...
...must, to be at all effective, have purpose and direction or it is doomed to futility. The Federation hopes with a national scope, augmented by a keen interest in international college and university affairs, to make such purposiveness and such directness of approach possible. In their, attempt one can find nothing to condemn, unless he be pessimistic concerning the ability of youth to help in the solving of the problems of youth, and everything to praise. All educational reform must come from within, as has been suggested in this column recently, and the Student Federation of America is working from...
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, English literature became for the first time truly English. Chaucer it is true took for his characters inhabitants of England, but if one reads contemporary Continental literature one may find the identical personalities. Shakspere on the other hand, placed the action of some of his dramas in foreign countries, but the characters are purely English...