Word: objectivity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...occasionally inspiring by reason of the able interpretation by Miss Ethel Barrymore. Taken by and large, however, it did not ring true; perhaps because there seemed to be no great single purpose either in the author's mind or in the producer's. It was a play whose only object could have been entertainment; even this was marred by a concluding death scene conclusion which left the audience bewildered and amazed...
...story of the play is simple, but somewhat improbable. The plot opens with a quarrel between Lady Haden and her husband over an indiscreet love affair of hers. The object of this affection. Edward Thayer, is utterly unworthy, a cheat at cards and a fortune hunter. He has letters of Lady Haden's, uses them, and as a result, she and her husband are separated. Two years later she is discovered in New York, living on the proceeds of the sale of her jewels and by her wits. Various matrimonial opportunities present themselves, and after considerable cold calculation, she finally...
What arouses our curiosity most is how the idea originated. Some people may consider the gridiron a scene of brutal sport, especially those who know little about it. Such people would probably object to the game no matter what conditions prevailed regarding weight. And even they must have observed that the big men are as liable to injury as the little ones. Coach Heisman's suggestion leaves us bewildered. Just what does it prove...
Such a system, moreover, would be subversive of the principle of liberal education. We hear again and again that the object of this education is to train men to think. As itemized statement of the knowledge supposedly to be found in the young graduate's mind would not indicate that that power was to be counted...
...however, always do better than he did before, and for this reason the speaker advised that whatever was undertaken be done as well as possible. From this habit comes that force of character which enables a man to mould his own destiny. In concluding President Lowell said: "The object of the University is a preparation for the strongest, best, and noblest destiny that any man can achieve in these United States...