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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although in the past, an over-emphasis was made on the pure translation, the intellectual and critical point of view is now stressed in a far greater degree. This tendency is a happy one since pre-college preparation in both Latin and Greek tends to be insufficient for a comprehensive study of Virgil, Ovid, Homer and Sophocles. The students are al- lowed to spend more class time on the literature of the Classies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fields of Concentration | 5/14/1937 | See Source »

...brother and myself were hunting rabbits in Central Illinois for a living. We would leave home early in the mornings and return late-but on Sundays the rabbits in the vicinity lived on borrowed time until we had heard Mr. Bradley's sermon. I have no greater respect for the mind of any man than I have for this lover of mankind. Although I'm not religious myself the precepts of this minister could inspire nothing but elevating thoughts and love for one's neighbor. I believe his capacity for doing good to be boundless. Thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 10, 1937 | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

That occasionally tedious oldster, Jehovah of the Old Testament, appears nowhere to greater advantage than in the Book of Job. Eloquent, thunderous, awesome, He speaks to Job from a whirlwind, reproves the moody, theatrical Jew in some of the most majestic questions ever posed. Out of many a U. S. radio two Sundays ago issued sounds of a wind machine and the voice of an actor impersonating God: Shall he who contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? . . . Wilt thou disannul my judgment, Job? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? . . . Hast thou an arm like God, Job? Canst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: God on the Air | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...Greater efficiency in the treatment of cancer has been made possible by the new million-volt X-Ray machine recently installed at the Collis P. Huntington Hospital of the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Million-Volt X-Ray Machine Replaces Former Cancer-Killer at Huntington | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

Defeated by the Yardlings in their semi-final matches were Arthur K. Davies 1B, and Hubert H. Hauck '38. The former, who was downed 3-2 by Levin, played number one for the Tennis and Squash Team in the Greater Boston Table Tennis League. The team reached the final playoffs for the State B Championship, losing to the strong Cambridge Y.M.C.A. outfit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Table Tennis Championship Uncovers Two Yardlings of Outstanding Ability | 5/7/1937 | See Source »

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