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...Rutnam is a graduate of the University of Madras and a recipient of the degree of A.M. from Princeton. He has also spent several years in Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a Hindoo, one of the few who have received an English education. In his native country he is a leader in the movement for native rule, and as editor of the Ceylon University Association, and as committeeman of the Ceylon National Association is well qualified to speak on the present political situation in India...
Professor Vinogradoff's main topic was the versatility of the ancient Hindoo, Roman and Greek priests. Besides being priests, they were lawyers, engineers, teachers, and magicians. The combining of religious with legal practices, such as these, was highly developed by the Hindoos. The teaching of religious morally and religious justice was closely related to law with them, especially in the case of religious commandments such as "Thou shalt not kill." Homicide is the origin of private feud. Apart from the injury done by homicide, there is the great sacramental sin which has to be purified. The only persons...
Sthu and Roger next display to the people a box in which they say they have the missing ear, and as the Hindoo Priest declares that the finder of the ear is entitled to the throne, Sthu is acclaimed rajah. Thinking possibly to get back the ear, the old rajah makes love to Lily Roger and wins her; Sthu in turn is favorably received by Sue Brett. But all scheming is ended by Punjab, who meets the Princess in the Mango grove of the rajah's gardens and obtains her half of the ear as well as a promise...
...Sthu Pid, Guardian of the Idol, J. C. Miller 2L Punjab, a Sailor, T. A. Whidden '05 John Cass, an Antiquarian, R. Wellman '03 Eben Roger, Mayor of Unity, Maine, C. P. Whorf '05 Captain Kahn, of the Rajah's Guard, R. c. Paige '03 Kahran Kehoorbad, a Hindoo Priest, C. Dill '04 Princess Gara, Daughter of the Rajah, A. S. Proudfoot '03 Lily Roger, Daughter of Eben Roger, G. H. Wise '03 Sue Brett, Her Maid, D. P. Cook...
Recent additions to the print collections comprise an original impression from a Florentine niello plate, the print of the Ravisher by Durer, and nine plates of Turner's Liber Studiorum in the etched state, including the following subjects: Jason, Hindoo Worshiper, Lauffenbourgh, Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey, Hedging and Ditching, River Wye, Solitude, Glaucus and Scylla, and Sheep Washing...