Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...argument of incompatibility, which has weighed heavily in previous instances, is nothing in this case, for Dean Pound is thoroughly in accord with the temper of the administration. His work has received strong support. He has deserved well, and, for once, has not been slighted. But much remains to be done; the Law School is not halfway in its career, and it would be a serious misfortune for the driver to let drop the reins. While the presidency of a university is not a chair to be spurned lightly, the work which the dean has so effectively carried...
...night and is delivered to his ancient gates. Thereupon they are marooned together for two nights and a day. Woven through this inconsequential thesis is a variety of vigorous by-play and device. Miss Talmadge is excellent as usual and is aided immensely in her pantomime by the brilliant support supplied by Ronald Colman. Director Sidney Franklin has done a neatly knit and thoroughly ingenious...
...opening lines tend to drag, but as soon as Disraeli appears the play is saved. Mr. Godfrey in the leading role proved his ability as a director. His leadership was truly gratifying and he commanded real support from the other members of the cast. Miss Hilz was well received as Lady Clarissa and in the end heard good news and wedding chimes from Bernard Nedell, who as Viscount Deeford, is suddenly elevated from a satisfied. Oxonian of 25 years to a saviour of the nation under the tutelage of the great premier...
...deliver an address on "The Publication of Treaty Engagements". Professor Budson, who was a member of the American delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, has been associated with the League of Nations Secretariat, and was legal adviser to the Washington International Labor Conference. He has been very active in support of the World Court and the League...
...Overseers have usually been elected with an eye to their positions in the financial and social worlds. The recent case of the resignation of Professor Baker brought up the question of whether big business and liberal education could live together. When Mr. Chapman says not, he has the support of the best feelings of all true humanists. Colleges are becoming less and less cultural and more and more like standardized schools where the sons of business men learn willynilly the fine art of success in business. As Mr. Chapman says, "Harvard and Yale have become useful centers of social life...