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Again the coal fields of Kentucky have come into the public notice with the recent account by Waldo Frank and his fellow writers of their treatment by Kentucky citizens. Entirely aside from the question of right or wrong in the coal fields, the action taken by Kentucky in attempting to suppress all investigation of the rumored regain of terror in its coal counties touches on the problem of freedom of the press. Whether the courts and citizens of a state are wise in attempting to defy this principle can be shown by the results in this instance...
...drew the fire of the Scripps-Howard newspapers. When the reporters criticized the judiciary methods the courts were closed to the press. Newton D. Baker at attorney for the paper then brought suit to have the courts reopened, and lost his case. Finally a committee of writers headed by Waldo Frank entered the investigation. They did not get even the courtesy of a trial, but were ushered out of the state with little ceremony, by a vigilance committee...
...same boat. Lately she has become more firmly identified than ever with roles like the ones which Mary Pickford used to play, the ingenuous heroine of sentimental comedy-drama. Privately, Miss Gaynor likes to read In Tune with the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine, has a freckled nose. Hell Divers (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is a successful merger of two well known types of cinema entertainment: aeronautical spectacle (like Hell's Angels, Dirigible) and man-to-man comedy (like What Price Glory, The Big Parade). It is also a loud advertisement for the U. S. Navy. One of the shortcomings...
...have accepted this honor, and made the gatherings memorable by their words, began to grow. About one hundred and forty orations have been delivered, and over one hundred poems have been written to celebrate these occasions. Among the orators have been John Quincy Adams, Edward Everett, Jared Sparks, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Sumner, Henry Ward Beecher, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Wendell Phillips (whose address "The Scholar in a Republic" delivered at the one hundredth anniversary of the chapter, in 1881, ranks with Emerson's "The American Scholar" among the greatest orations of its type); Carl Schurz, Charles William Eliot, Henry Cabot...
...year, have been asked to join the Liberal Club. This organization will continue to hold meetings at intervals during the year, at which various wellknown liberals will be invited to speak. Among the speakers last year to address the club were, H. E. Barnes, Lewis Mumford, Felix Micheljohn, Waldo Cooke and C. C. Little. The list of those who will address the group during this year has not been announced...