Word: standings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Jean the Woman" was adapted by one Jeannie Macpherson and produced by Cecil de Mille with creditable attention to historic detail and imposing display. Three scenes--the raising of the Siege of Orleans, the Coronation, and the final episode of the Martyrdom--stand out from the rest, and are more than worth seeing. Only it must be said that the Orleans business, though magnificent in effect, is, from the strategic point of view, extremely puzzling. We do not know whether Miss Macpherson is responsible for the battle scenes, but we fear the "love interests" in the photo-play must...
...Such a stand generally evokes the charge of a rank utilitarianism which requires us to cut ourselves off from the past and confine our efforts to the narrow limits of material advantage. But here the critics are unfair. One of the cardinal requisites of the useful man is an intimate knowledge of the past. He must have in mind an historical background in order to distinguish real progress from false and estimate the value of modern movements. Without this alert consciousness of the historical evolution of morals and customs, society would resemble the man who has lost his memory...
That four-fifths of the entering class at Harvard cannot stand correctly even when told to is a physician's discovery which is reported in the Harvard Illustrated Magazine. Some of the four-fifths may be able to accomplish more from their faulty position than some of the one-fifth from their correct one, but the exhibit has an un preparedness look which could be improved without danger of militarism. Springfield Republican...
...seems therefore only just that members of the University who are unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary to avail themselves of the opportunity offered them should stand on a less favorable footing than those...
...Yale and Princeton. In that event, Dartmouth will lead in actual percentage of games won and lost, since the Green has played only one game with each of the other teams, winning from Princeton and Yale, but losing to the University; but in series rating Harvard and Dartmouth will stand the same. On the other hand, if the game tonight goes to the Crimson seven the championship will go with...