Word: problem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...remote legacy of the imperial idea of ruling the Kingdom of Christ by the Imperialism of Caesar. ... I am a Protestant because of the Galilean Carpenter who was the best protestant of all. ... He dealt, not in creed and dogma, but in life and humanity. . . . Love will solve the problem of all the unnecessary debates and bickering hates among the churches. Christ has been crucified many times by ecclesiasticism...
...Silver Box. More than 20 years before he reached his present dramatic dexterity, famed John Galsworthy, with a problem buzzing under his bonnet, like a bee, wrote this play. The silver box, a receptacle for cigarets, is stolen by a rebellious drunkard, Mr. Jones, to express his antipathy toward the upper classes who have deprived him of the privilege of working for a living. His wife, a charwoman, is suspected of the theft; but before the case reaches court, it becomes obvious that the true culprit is vapid young John Barthwick Jr. who, in a state of supreme inebriation...
...senior college; yet they leave no place for the men in question, and their right to a humanistic education. The experimental endowment of such a two year course in some one of the larger universities would be an interesting step toward the solution of this rather important problem...
...problem of the disposition of part of the old Fogg Art Museum was definitely settled when 12 new rooms were completed yesterday in the rear of the Museum. The lecture hall will continue to be used by the College, and the front rooms will be used by the School of Architecture...
Dean Hanford makes no mention of one factor in the situation, the excellent co-operation of the library authorities in dealing with the new problem, and of the professors themselves, in assigning reading lists in most cases of such length as could actually be read. For the eventual outcome, the machinery of University Hall must be consulted, and the mailing cards as they come straggling in. Possibly the most salient fact which has been brought home to the undergraduate has been an old adage about procrastination; and the next reading period will find work begun earlier and done more regularly...