Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...third calls for more attention. The theory that peace is preserved by having each nation try to be stronger than every other or all others was abandoned as Utopian quite early in human history, and replaced by that of the Balance of Bower. This second system having failed egregiously in 1914, it is proposed to have nations maintain minimum armies and co-operate to resist aggression. A large body of American opinion however feels, as does the Editor of the CRIMSON, that, while the rest of the world should be encouraged to adopt the third system, America should revert...
...finished the compulsory physical examination of the Freshmen. In making the examination this year he laid particular emphasis on the mechanical use of the human body. To do this he and his assistants have classified every Freshman examined into one of four groups. Group A includes those who use their body well. Group B includes those who carry their heads too far forward, but are otherwise all right. Group C includes those who need help in their body management, but who can be best helped by some good advice. Group D. includes those who handle themselves very badly...
...Hampden is at present playing "Hamlet" at the Tremont Theatre, and his presentation of this part is considered by leading critics of the stage as more human than other attempts at impersonation of Shakespeare's often attempted and much buffeted hero...
...includes all the great Hamlets of our time, it is not too much to say that Mr. Hampden's presentation is worthy of taking rank among the traditions of our stage. In person, in voice, in acting, Mr. Hampden presents a Prince of Denmark who is a troubled human being rather that a mere deliverer of theatric monologues. Surrounded by a competent company, with an entirely adequate but extremely simple stage setting, with quick and silent changes, he gives us more of the play than we usually see. The action marches as a whole, and not as a series...
...individual college, or even of a group of colleges, is undoubtedly an individual or a group interest. But these are perilous days, in which little is apparent in the public prints beyond brute passions and rampant selfishness. The World may well linger over every manifestation of the more human forces in civilization. --New York Times...