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...before the Revolution. It is one of the few "theories" which have survived the general turmoil which has been evident in Russia in the last few years. The whole idea which Mr. Evreinov tries to impress on his audience is that drama to be forceful and effective must come nearer to the audience than it does at the present time. The actor must express the very things that go on in his listener's souls. Mr. Evreinov claims that the theatrical instinct is as evident in the individual as the instinct of self-preservation, or even the instinct...
...powerful defensive play of the forward line, with Coolidge, left end, playing the stellar role, was the feature of the initial encounter. Not once did St. John's threaten to score, never approaching nearer than Harvard's 35-yard line. So superior were the scrub forwards that even the visitors kidking game was unable to function, kicks being constantly blocked...
...found out that Miss Wills specializes in art at the University of California, where she is a junior*; that, in a university where an "A" average reflects virtual infallibility, her average was "high B; that, among the averages of her eleven classmates honored in the same way, hers was nearer the top of the list than the bottom, with 37 "A's", 21 "B's" and no "C's", out of a possible score...
...found out that Miss Wills specializes in art at the University of California, where she is a junior*; that, in a university where an "A" average reflects virtual infallibility, her average was "high B; that, among the averages of her eleven classmates honored in the same way, hers was nearer the top of the list than the bottom, with 37 "A's", 21 "B's" and no "C's", out of a possible score...
...until now when Christians look out upon the consequence of it all, this abysmal disgrace of Christendom making mockery of the Gospel, the conviction rises that we would better go back to our first traditions, our early purity, and see whether those first disciples of the Lord were not nearer right than we have been...