Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...actor, Mr. Louis Calvert, even in the plodding role of the eternal English butler. Miss Haidee Wright's beautiful voice was heard in the dubious part of Eve Chilcote. With the exception of the stars, it is the only part in the play which affords the slightest chance of human characterization. Mr. Handy sides and Mr. Robertson hardly succeed in conveying a proper illusion as English statesmen. Mr. Guy Bates Post in the leading role was always interesting and sometimes admirable. At the end of anticlimax No. 1, Mr. Tully, the producer, announced somewhat unnecessarily "that Mr. Post would...
...American universities has been that clubs are inevitable, that the natural tendency of individuals is to consolidate into small, close-knit groups. When the nature of these groups destroys the possibility of fellowship, they should be modified, but to end their existence entirely opposes the dictates of normal human instincts If possible, it seems far healthier that the small club groups should continue to exist side by side with the broader opportunities for common fellowship...
President Meiklejohn has been president of Amherst since 1912, before which time he was a member of the faculty at Brown University. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Psychological Association. His human interest in all problems will undoubtedly make his oration an interesting...
Clearly honor for honor's sake must bow to some more infallible test of duty. This test is, I take it, whether one's conduct is pushing forward to the goal which his philosophy accepts. I can see no logical mid-points between private egoism and devotion to the human common-wealth. Suppose the latter is chosen. Then right is action towards this goal. And retaliation is right when and when only it carries man forward. Whenever self-assertion against a molestor only makes matters worse for the community, the injured individual ought to submit and swallow his humiliation cheerfully...
...Rusted Stock" the author depicts the force of life in a New England town upon human nature. As usual the settings will be designed and executed by the scenic department of the Workshop forces...