Word: needs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...together over so long a stretch and that such emphasis has been given to the opera as a whole, making it primarily an ensemble rather than a company of individuals. This company serves as a stepping-stone to the larger companies; for many years there has been a crying need for smaller companies, such as this trained at home rather than studying in Europe. As there are no "stars" in the American Opera Company, an artist who is cast for a principal role one night may have a secondary part the following evening. Instead of a chorus, in the true...
...greater proportion than in any other country on the globe, the college man shrinks to numerical insignificance. The college curriculum is an Aeneas riding on the shoulders of the high school curriculum, which must adapt itself to college entrance demands, and so loses power in serving the quantitatively greater need...
...schools try to accomplish too much and as a result achieve nothing well. "What we need is a good mental training, an accurate and thorough habit of mind; not a frittering away of the attention by a multitude of small matters of which the pupil does not get enough to develop consecutive thought...
...following speech is considered immoral by the University of Wisconsin: "I believe in two or three companionate marriages before one settles down. How else can one be sure unless one has experimented? A woman should always experiment before marriage, just as a man does. There should be no need to lie about...
...oranges are bred and grown "for fun." He was pleased last week by the value of one hundred cents set on Gillette patents. The chief effects are two: 1) to cut down taxes on the declared "worth" of the patents; 2) to prove that the Gillette company has no need to bolster its assets-column with the figure...