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...Jubilee Advisory Committee will act as mentors to the Freshman Jubilee Committee next spring. In addition to F. L. Barton, Chairman, the members are as follows: Harold Robertson Jones of Kansas City, Missouri; Henry Parish 2nd of New York City; Robert Morgan Parker of Providence, Rhode Island; John Wilder Perkins of Hampton. New Hampshire; and William Thomas Reid 3rd of Brookline
When the curtain rose and revealed the tenor the audience gave him a tremendous ovation, to which he bowed in all dignity. He sang terribly, but they applauded every note he emitted. When the others of the cast-good artists-sang, they hissed them. Wilder and wilder grew the farce until everybody in the audience and on stage-save the unfortunate tenor-was choking with laughter. The hero was puzzled, but accepted his success. After the performance they put him in his carriage and in the ancient grand manner unhitched the horses, and the cheering crowd dragged...
...state of musical composition in Europe indicates the approach of another general war," Mr. Stock opined. The music grows wilder and more hysterical, with a frenzy of new disharmonies, new sensations. It is an increasingly mad and neurotic development in the most fluent and sensitive of the arts. Mr. Stock related this phenomenon in music to the general artistic and social case of nerves and brain fever to be observed everywhere, the insane quest for excitement and thrills, barbarous dances. In music this disturbance of the spirit is reflected the most vividly. From such a state of mind comes...
...submit the best essays before April 1 on certain prescribed chemical subjects. In addition, part of $10,000 will be distributed in $20 prizes to the six highest contestants in each of the 48 states. The contest will be directed by a committee consisting of Harrison E. Howe, Wilder D. Bancroft, Charles H. Herty, and Alexander Williams...
...Flexner is an enthusiastic convert to the value of insulin, and declares there have been no failures in its beneficial effects. A committee of nine distinguished physicians, appointed by Dr. Banting, discoverer of the specific, and including Drs. Campbell and Fletcher, Toronto; Joslin and Fitz, Boston; Wilder, Rochester, Minn.; Geyelin, N. Y.; Woodyatt, Chicago; Allen and Sherrill,, Morristown, N. J., has just reported to the same effect, after nine months of rigorous clinical experiments. Insulin has in less than one year gained the complete approval of the medical profession. It is not, however, a permanent cure, and must be administered...