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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...argues that when various racial elements are blended in the national crucible, there will be a spontaneous effervescence of music redolent with Americanism. A great many "Nationalists" share this point of view. The American composer has been so knocked about, however, that one is tempted to hope that his origin can be ignored for the moment, and his music listened to as that of an individual...
...advocate the literacy test because it will not only cut down numbers of an undesirable immigration, but will also bar out the undesirable immigrants. Facts and statistics show that the illiterate foreigner, regardless of nationality or origin, contributes more to crime, insanity, pauperism, and slums than his due proportion. The illiterate immigrant also shows a tendency to remain illiterate and hence cannot be easily assimilated. It is because he is a menace and drag to the country that advocates a test against him, which is merely a protection for the American citizen and the immigrant who is here already...
...Paul's Society will hold an important meeting in its rooms in Phillips Brooks House this evening, at 7 o'clock. The Rev. Prescott Evarts '81, of Christ Church, Cambridge, will speak on "The Origin of Prayer Book Services." A large attendance is desired...
...Meeting of St. Paul's Society. Rev. Prescott Everts Rector of Christ Church, Cambridge, on "The Origin of the Prayer Book Services...
...magazine, in effect a pictorial chronicle of undergraduate activity, can take up topics out of place in other College publications, though none the less of interest to the student body. Thus, in the present issue of the Illustrated, we find titles ranging from the Brunswick Lion to the origin of the hockey team; from student life at Oxford to the new stroke at Yale all of them suited to attract the attention of the reader...