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...that only blue stocking prejudice could turn a deaf ear to the wonderful possibilities of such a step. That same blue stocking prejudice has been responsible for whatever has been bad in the history of the theatre. The bigoted attitude which has looked upon a stage career as the shortest route to the everlasting bonfire has foatered immorality and low standards...
...endogenous?," said Emerson, "and education is his unfolding." This is perhaps the shortest and best definition that has ever been given of that much discussed and much disputed subject. A large university like Harvard offers limitless possibilities for education in Emerson's sense of the word. Competitive contact with one's fellows in some form of undergraduate activity will often do more to "bring a man out" and help him find himself than any course he could possibly select in the University catalogue. It is not the purpose of this editorial to urge the benefits of extra-curriculum activities against...
Other matches were won by Milton Krook '25, R. J. Goldberg '26, Carl Stearns '26, R. D. Harmon '26, H. R. Wood '27, F. B. Hayne '26 and C. H. Bradford '26. The longest bout was 8 minutes 52 seconds, and the shortest was 3 minutes 37 seconds...
...names with a single straight stroke of the pen. An upright dash, that is Mr. I. That is all, and enough to set grave and learned philologists deliberating. These worthy scholars have bestowed upon Mr. I the superlative degree hence his fame-- by declaring that his "must be the shortest name in existence, as it is composed of but one letter and the letter which uses less ink than any other of the alphabet...
...King's Speech was long, very long, and, allegedly, very dull. Written, as usual, by the Cabinet, it was a simple declaration of the Conservative Government's policy. Only the shortest reference to the Egyptian crisis (TIME, Dec. 1 et seq.) was made. Opposition was voiced to the Anglo-Russian Treaty (TIME, Aug. 18) ; but favor was shown to a continuance of diplomatic relations. The League of Nations came in for a fair show of praise. Intention was announced of resuming work on the Singapore Naval Base (TIME...