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...food for thought" in the suggestion that utility propaganda bureaus be discontinued, added, however, that it was vitally important that the "youth of the land" should be allowed to "drink from the running stream of current facts [concerning power and public utilities] rather than from the stagnant pool of wornout ideas, pools poisoned ... by the sophistries of discredited theorists...
...drive will last until Thursday noon when the clothes will all be collected at the Brooks House and sorted. Anything and everything ranging from odd shoes to wornout suits is solicited. W. H. Medders '23 is in charge of the drive and can be found at the Phillips Brooks House during the morning...
...Boatman" worth while. Still there are obvious defects. Especially noticeable is De Mille's over-emphasis of symbolisms. It is all right to show occasional close-ups of isolated parts of the body. But one does become tired of hundreds of feet devoted to nothing but showing first the wornout boots of the peasants on the tow-path, and later the dainty ankles of the aristocrats in the same position. Then, too, there are endless shots of hands to bring out the contrast between those of the nobility and those of the workers. The face of a clock is shown...
...Wornout Subject...
...smaller colleges whom the University plays at the beginning of the season, and to enable her to play a greater number of men than under the old system. By this means the criticism which is aroused whenever the coaches play a large number of fresh men against a wornout opponent will be eliminated...