Word: old
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Various of Mr. Norton's other remarks, inaccurate because founded on observations that were necessarily hasty and incomplete, are so amusing as to lose much of their sting. We are surprised to learn for example that "the touch of tradition holds sway, appearing at every turn." Tradition preserves the old and uncomfortable classroom benches and plank desks of a former age instead of replacing them with up-to-date equipment." And again: "The rickety old dormitories of a former century are kept unchanged, a tablet on the door of each room telling who has occupied the room for the past...
...Old Irish Melodies. (Arranged by Mr. Arthur Whiting...
...Old Irish Melodies. (Arranged by Mr. Arthur Whiting...
...view in the Print Room. From Messrs. Duveen Bros., of New York City, a "Madonna and Child," by Matteo da Siena, and a "Madonna Adoring the Child," by Piero di Cosimo, on exhibition in the gallery. From Mortimer L. Schiff, the Cogswell collection of original drawings by old masters...
...other plays is "The Reunion," by Eleanor Hinkley. This play has an unusual appeal to those interested in the aspirations of youth; yet it concerns old age. While in no sense a play of a social problem, it suggests some very practical improvements which might take place in our charitable institutions. Ideals are shattered, yet faith proves stronger than failure...