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...Where "The End of the Bridge" gradually evolved the story of Peter and at the same time showed the recovery of a woman's mental balance and her growing love-for the doctor that saved her, "The Product of the Mill" is a simple narrative of a mother's search for a child, a narrative that might end at any moment if the necessary words were spoken, but that keeps on for the regulation two hours and three-quarters. It may be a little early to speak of the superiority of Miss Lincoln's dialogue as well as construction...
...principal interest in "The Product in the Mill" lies in a mother's search for a child abducted nine years before. Driven to desperation, she leaves her home to try to do what the detectives have failed in, and, of course, she succeeds. A subsidiary interest in the typewritten manuscript, though production on the stage may reverse the values, is the question of child labor. The lost child is found working in a Southern cotton mill under the usual unhealthful conditions; indeed in danger of life and limb from a broken machine. In this purely incidental manner Miss McFadden shows...
...intention of the Union to supply its instructorships from Harvard men. Thus it is that at the end of every year, when there are a number of instructorships left open by graduation, the Union is obliged to resupply. In addition to this, as a measure for growth, a particular search is made then for extra men, especially for those willing to undertake new courses. We would call the attention of every man in the University to the opportunity the Prospect Union here offers. As a social service work it is interesting and stimulating. As practical field work in education...
...author of this article, as he suggests, goes in search of humor with a hundred horse-power telescope and a couple of Stetson bloodhounds it is not surprising that he fails in the attempt. Still, such hunting is a quaint conceit...
During the mid-year period there is always much discussion of courses for the second half-year. On every side one hears the old, old question: "Do you know of any 'cinch' courses?" The time, energy, and words that are employed in the search for easy courses amounts yearly to an enormous economic waste. Happily, such quests are more frequently made by members of the lower classes than upper-class men. This is because a year or two's experience usually suffices to show an undergraduate that to take a course merely because some friend has confided to him that...