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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...perhaps unnecessary to speak of the unique position which this truly great artist holds in the theatrical world. His fame, which is international rests on solid achievements, refinement of delivery, literary insight, and profound study of character. Let me only say that I count it among the great memories of my student days to have seen him in such parts as Byron's "Manfred," Bjornson's "Advokat Berendt," or as Shylock, Mephisto and Wallenstein. The part of Rabbi Sichel in the play to be performed here is one of his very best, and, on account of its naturalness, is particularly...
...Chadwick--"O Let Night Speak...
...Let me take one more illustration. For over half a century there have been repeated and organized efforts to further the cause of international peace. Great peace meetings have been held again and again in country after country. Now, real good has been accomplished at some of these peace meetings; they have sometimes resulted in furthering the cause of peace. But those engaged in them have never begun to do such practical work for peace as have the men who in actual practice succeeded in reducing certain of these theories to action. For instance, it was a fine thing...
...that the mass know only the mass. It would seem wise, therefore, in order to enlist the services of Messrs. X and Y, to revive the old provision, whereby some of the members of the Council are elected by the Council itself. If everybody is to be represented, let us have among the representatives a few nobodies-the singular of which everybody is the plural. A. S. OLMSTRO...
...First, the team. Let us bear in mind that practically the same class of men go to Yale and to Harvard. The preparatory schools send to each university in about equal proportions. Sometimes Yale and Harvard men come from the same family; often they come from the same set or group. They are all merely potentialities. Perhaps Harvard has the best of the picking at the start, for from 1890 to 1900 it will be recalled that it was the Harvard Freshmen who usually beat the Yale Freshmen. None of these Freshman teams received expert coaching, and this factor eliminated...