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...head of the business; all made him about as popular as a thunder storm at a picnic. His routine reports, the business analyses he was employed to make, were clear and sound, but each of them was signed with a flourish: "Thomas Dean, Ph.D.' This man has never been able to hold a job permanently...
...change is due to a feeling that has long existed in the school that some form of reorganization was vitally necessary if the school was to continue. Added impetus was given to the feeling this year because of the great increase in size. Where the school has never before had more than 230 men registered, this year there are 400 students; nearly double the amount of the usual enrolment...
...Little's acting was remarkable for its restraint and his understanding of the part. He never got "out of character" and, save in the drilling scene, he did not over-act. Mr. Williams, as Peer, the Deacon, and Mr. Packard, as the bailiff, showed real talent and never failed to make the most of their opportunities. Mr. Skinner was wholly delightful as Erasmus's younger brother. One could go on through the whole cast-- the acting was good throughout. From start to finish, it was a most artistic production of a highly entertaining play...
...have come upon us during the past year; if there are not, something is sadly wrong with the institutions we fought for. It is the business of our elected representatives to find a way out of our difficulties--not merely to start long-winded investigations which accomplish nothing. As never before the nation looks to Congress to lead us out of the darkness of disorder into the clear sunshine of peace and progress...
Thirteen months have passed since the last gun was fired; thirteen months of such chaos and social disorder as the world has never seen. "Peace! peace! they cry; but there is no peace." Wars and rumors of wars shake us as they never did before. We are now in the grip of a great coal famine, which, before it is past, will bring suffering to the highest as well as to the lowest. Its ramifications extend to every branch of our life; its crushing effect on industry makes vain every attempt to minimize its evil. Its paralyzing consequences are felt...