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...really so absurd a wild goose chase as it may sound. The islands off the west coast of Africa are believed to be of volcanic origin. They rise precipitously from the ocean, with little or no beach, sometimes to heights of 4,000 and 5,000 ft. The theory, supported by evidence from soundings, is that these islands once formed the tops of mountains in a continent which has become submerged in recent geological times. The chief scientific objectives of the trip are the study of: 1) the geology and the physiography of the islands in relation to the continental...
...that it is the determination to look beyond the things of sense in this perplexing world of change, of becoming, and of decay, with the conviction that behind it all there are abiding realities of youth, beauty, and goodness which the soul may grasp when it realizes its heavenly origin. It is the soul which is alive, not the body. It lives in the world of the ideas. These are more potent than acts. As Marcus Aurelius puts it, The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make...
Premier Benito Mussolini continued to dominate the Italian stage. Speaking to the assembled leaders of Fascismo in the Palazzo Venezia at Rome he made it clear that he would accept no aid from other Parties because the "National Fascista Party, on account of its origin, on account of its methods, on account of its ideals and on account of its experience since 1921, energetically refuses any electoral or political alliances." He did not object, however, to including "single men from other parties, provided that their past, especially during and after the War, or their eminent intellectual qualities, are such...
Such, one conceives, were the ideals of Franklin--an American whom Dr. Eliot resembles in more ways than one--and had either one of these resplendent citizens adopted a personal motto what better one than the famous "Ich dien" of German origin? Today, even at ninety, Dr. Eliot lives to serve, as of yore. Even as of yore, too, he does serve, knowing whereof he speaks, rich in information, constructive in suggestion, tireless in new vision. By right of service proved he belongs to the public whom he leads, even as he is the most priceless living possession of Harvard...
...courses added, Comparative Literature 40, on the Medieval Drama, is the most, important. As a starred course this will be given by Professor G. R. Coffman G '09 of Grinnell College, and will deal first with the origin of the medieval drama in Western Europe and later with its development in England up to 1500. Important phases of the subject will be the miracle play, the liturgical play, the English cyclic play, the morality play, the interlude and the folk element in the drama of the medieval period...