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...lovely, flaccid Helen of Troy could be profitably refurbished by giving her pert ideas of her own in a modern novel, what is to hinder a ribby old cow from knowing a thing or two of the world's ways and expressing herself in song? The ribby old cow may be too old for milk. To be comprehensible to humans, she may have to make herself ridiculous, become a synthetic vaudeville kind of beast with humans installed fore & aft to walk, talk and sing for her. Even so, such a cow serves excellently to point the plot of Jack...
Speaking of the value of talking pictures as a supplement to lectures, W. H. Weston, Jr., Professor of Cryptogamie Botany and Chairman of the Department of Botany, said that lack of the desired type of films would hinder the frequent use of the machine for some years to come. Ordinary motion pictures will be shown almost exclusively for the present, pending the growth of a demand from colleges throughout the country sufficient to bring about the production of talks, for the study of academic subjects. There are, however, a few such films in existence and it is expected that these...
...Club on Wednesday evening at 6.30 o'clock in the Leverett House dining hall. In spite of the fact that difficulties are expected to arise in finding words to suit the modern table conditions. Dr. A. H. Chase '27, president of the club, believes that this will not greatly hinder the general table conversation...
...while, springs straight from this frontier prejudice. He who went abroad became hated both as a lost unit in a population which must be made ever larger, and also as a critic, albeit even a silent one, who might 'give the place a bad name' and hinder others from coming...
...service of a law school lies in seeding the ranks of active lawyers with men of high calibre. The quality of judicial administration depends essentially upon individuals, upon the judges and lawyers. Large numbers of mediocre or incapable lawyers, even though honest, without the guidance of intelligent leaders inevitably hinder rather than further the aims of justice. In setting a high standard for itself and its graduates, a law school sets a high standard for all who practice the profession...