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...Soviet Government, whatever its demerits, is a patron of science. P. T. Kozlov, Russian explorer of Tibet, has been given 100,000 rubles to start him off on a three-year trip, beginning in August...
...belong to the era before the ghost was raised; but they still manage to keep pace with the advancing generations. After the century mark stand such poets as Hermann Hagedorn. John Gould Fletcher, Arthur Davison Ficks, all of them forces in the newer poetry, and Witter Bynner, still the patron of Advocate poets here. And would it be malicious to include Amy Lowell herself...
...rewarding her artists in the same manner as her heroes is one which we may well admire. America is inclined to shy at the idea of associating its literature, its music, its drama in any way with the government, and the government is equally hesitant to become their patron. The American theory is that art is an individual and a non-essential matter; the government deals only with necessities. France considers its art to be as much a part of the national life, and so of the national need as education or even military science...
...studies and will show a sufficient skill in the game to be both eligible and chosen as a university player. Already this player has counted off at another college one of his three years of eligibility. when (and if) he becomes eligible in his new university, his patron must continue to support him, incidentally running the risk of discovery throughout the entire period of his benefactions. The accepted evidence that athletes are hired under these conditions bears fresh witness to human folly...
Meanwhile, Boston is having a taste of what such a theatre would be able to do. Walter Hampden, at the Opera House this week and next, is without doubt the greatest patron in America of Genuine repertoire. His program includes both "classic" and modern plays of the best sort; his experimenting with occasional plays that are not as generally popular as they should be, is one of the particular opportunities of such a theatre; and his whole method of procedure, with a company of trained and versatile actors, and an intelligent producing force, is in the right line. Supporting...