Word: learnedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...development. The failure of the English system is that it does not take care of those not so quick at their books and overlooks the powers which may lie hidden in these men. What we need is a system under which the ability of those men who do not learn from books will not be wasted...
...great public schools of England must be squarely faced. To remedy this, I advocate the English system, which is the separation of the students into two classes, the brilliant and the average. By doing this, and by teaching each man according to his ability, the whole student body would learn more and the intellectual scholar would not be sacrificed to the average...
...else, however, I want to impress upon the American people that the United States has nothing to fear from Japan. It is nonsensical to consider the possibility of a war between Japan and this country. The two nations have much in common and each nation has much to learn from the other. Accordingly, the East and the West must get together...
...principals may be mentioned Kenneth Douglass, Estelle Winwood, Lawrence Grossmith and Fritz Williams. "Too Many Husbands" has been hailed as the most brilliant bit of playwriting since Oscar Wilde's comedies. It treats humorously of the predicament of a young widow who marries a second time, only to learn, a year subsequently, that her first husband was not shot in the war as had been announced. His home-coming starts a series of situations said to be highly amusing. To begin with, husband number one does not know that his wife has married the second time, and to his best...