Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then there bursts into the village the radiant Guila, sister-in-law of Professor Spinosi, a fascinating woman whose metropolitan dress and manners shock the slumbering inhabitants into buzzing activity. All the men, young and old, flock around her, and inhale new life from her glowing personality and energetic example. Deftly she deals telling blows at the smug complacency of the Academy savants and as a final coup d'etat arranges the marriage of Marcella to Enrico...
...love, but doesn't; ultimately she marries a man who knows what is really the inspiring force of this world--love. At the same time, her mother and father, after being separated because of lack of expression of love, further exemplify the principle by becoming reconciliated. Finally, her radical sister and "red" husband decide to keep house, although they don't believe in it--but Mary thinks they are led to it because of love. In all three themes of the book Miss Kelley tries to show that what Mary Blair thought was beauty, was really true love--within...
...long as there is an effective proctor system, there is no temptation for the "weak sister" to cheat. For this reason, and because of the more serious offense there is no cribbing in midyear and final examinations. In minor tests where cheating does not appear so black, and where supervision is often impossible, a small proportion of a class often take advantage of unfair means of getting information. It is extremely desirable to put an end to this situation by establishing a clear standard of right and wrong. This can only be brought through the weight of public opinion. Whether...
...meeting of this kind, would appear to be a source of value to every participating institution. Illinois like the others represented, would contribute information on the successful methods employed here and take in return information on the successful methods employed by her various sister institutions. The best of all the rest, in the case of each individual university or college, could be incorporated into its own system of government and improvements would result all around...
...irrepressible Kitty Doner introduces her brother and sister in a very clever singing and dancing act at Keith's this week. Appearing first as a New York dandy, Kitty brings down the house with her "pep" and originality; her next entry is with her brother, giving a sketch, "The Bowerie Tough," played by her father and mother twenty years ago. They sing, "Over on 8't Avenoo" with the most ludicrous pantomime imaginable; then, disappearing for a moment, Kitty startles everyone by her clever kicking and singing as "The Devil of the Dive...