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The book is primarily of interest to Shaw's admirers, since it takes for granted a great deal of information about Morris which few U. S. readers are likely to possess. Reveling in the factional fights, manifestoes, grandiose plans and pitiful performances that then distinguished English Socialism, Shaw was...
Twenty hours of drill are taken with each yearly dose of Military Science. This drill period is supposed to teach the practical handling of field artillery and, in addition, to instill vague qualities of "leadership and discipline." Twenty hours is an extremely short time in which to teach a single...
Only the high regard which I have for the Veritas emblazoned on the Harvard seal-a word which seems to have escaped Mr. Tunis's attention, or possibly exceeded his ability in translation-forces me to step into the white light of publicity, and confess that I am the...
The student who receives the grade he deserves and knows it, yet still troubles his teachers for improvement is both pitiful and disgusting. The man who seriously feels he has been overlooked and asks an impersonal reconsideration of his case for some specific purpose, however, is not asking too much...
Another reporter on the job at the Gordonsville tragedy was United Pressman Levings Somers Willis. Of the sordid stuff he saw, says he: "I have in my desk a charred piece of jawbone of the man which was handed my wife by one of the crowd at the scene. I...