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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the past week 224 men contributed $6,162.37. This is a larger amount than that of the previous week, but the number of contributors is slightly smaller...
...importance, illustrating how the freedom of the stage by the Theatre Regulation Act of 1843 and the placing of legitimate drama on a competitive basis, the creation of new taste in the audience by pioneers of realism such as Kemble in Shakespeare, Madame Vestris in farce and burlesque, the smaller theatre and new technical developments, the new school of acting, the reforms in management beginning with Macready and culminating in Robertson, all prepared for the revival of good dramatic literature in the last three, decades of the century. This is without doubt the characteristic of the book which distinguishes...
...Observatory research has also revealed the fact that the light variations are of a most unusual nature, recalling those of the variables of the R. Coronal Borealis type, but the range in brightness is considerably smaller than is usual for such stars...
Among the smaller preliminary meetings, one of the most active was that of the Federation of Settlements, before which Jane Addams, co-founder (1889) and head of Hull House (Chicago), arose to protest against loose public thinking. The American people "are in a panic," said she. They identify everything connected with "social work" with "Socialism," or more often with Bolshevism. She cited the case of a distinguished member of Congress who "had it on very good authority" that the proposed Child Labor Amendment to the U. S. constitution had been written by the late Dictator Lenin in Moscow...
...proceeding years the competition will be divided into two groups. Class B will include the smaller and more distant schools and those entering athletes in the track events only. Last year Brockton captured the Class A title with a total of 37 points, far ahead of Medford which scored 21 points. Lynn Classical landed the third position in the first division. In Class B, Lawrence High scored nearly twice as many points as did the second and third place Melrose and Quincy squads...