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...seems that Boston must rely on "local talent' for its artistic diversion. To attempt to make possible the bringing of worth while attractions, musical and dramatic, which had been successful in other cities, Mr. Mudgett went, last year, to the Opera House, as manager. Evidently, however, one cannot foist artistic things on a city which does not care to have them. Thus the visit of the Swedish Ballet, announced for the coming week, has had to be cancelled owing to lack of sufficient public response. We do not believe that this conclusively shows a lack of interest in the proposed...
...readin yer 8 moist Havurd poets for de foist time an on de level guy its de woist hokum I ever seen. Theys each one twict as bad as the rest. Its lousy dats the woid lousy. Over the radio from 33rd Street...
...individual scoring for the season is as follows: Smith 255, Jones 68, Rauh 54, Combs 26, Elberfeld 20, Maher 16, Endicott 10, Skilling 9, J. A. Reed 8, Nash 8, A. E. Reed 4, Atwater 2, Foist 2, Holmes...
...institutions of our country are at the present moment most seriously menaced, not by the Bolshevist or Socialist, but by men and women consciously or unconsciously trying to foist on this country the ideals of the old German Empire, to impose on us a system of regulation, interference and censorship in the place of our old scheme of individual liberty. They would regulate the life of the poor man for what they believe to be his good; they would censor his amusements and his reading of the State, but they do not realize that in doing this they are putting...
...University with strong partisan views, occasioned by their family affiliations and their previous environment, their preparatory school life, their family affiliations and their home discussions. We wish to urge men coming to college with too strongly formed pre-possessions, prejudices, and preconceptions not to be hasty in wishing to foist their opinions on others...