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...being isolationists, of working against world peace, and of being unwilling to substitute law for war. Nothing could be more unfounded and foolish than this accusation. It betrays a tragic lack of objectivity on the part of most of the propagandists for the World Court. They are under the spell of a great idea; to them the World Court issue has become the symbol and test of America's willingness to cooperate with other nations in the effort to diminish the chances of war. Being in this subjective frame of mind they are impatient with those who insist upon examining...
Last Saturday Brown had something of a breathing spell, and walked through Boston University for a 42-0 win. The play system of determining the length of the game was used for the first time in history, and satisfied the coaches of both teams. Brown used the aerial attack with great effect against...
...players, Mr. Clive as the unfortunate Lovborg lived up to his excellent reputation. Miss Standing, as Hedda herself, we thought far better than usual but still lacking quite the poise to bring the house down or hold it spell-bound. Mr. Mowbray was Hedda's eccentric stupid husband. He played his part admirably...
...With his abilities he would undoubtedly by now be a multimillionaire if he had been denied entrance to college. Instead, he passed most of his four college years with no thought of academic distinction, until chance rather than intention on his own part, threw him under the spell of a teacher who inspired him with an abiding passion to find out certain things. Today, as president of the Michigan University, with a recognized reputation as a medical scientist there is no man in America with greater opportunities for usefulness to the Nation as a whole if he does not persist...
...knockings heard in the Fox house at Hydesville, N. Y., in 1848. Margaretta concurred in her sister's decision that the ghost was a murdered peddler. They translated one knock for "no," two for "yea," pointed at the alphabet to enable the spirit to spell out words. At Maria's home in Rochester, Kate and Margaretta established contact with deceased relatives, spread their fame, went to Buffalo where their public seances, first of the kind in history (excepting necromacy, etc.), were packed to the guards. Editor Horace Greeley and Publisher William Cullen Bryant displayed intense interest when...