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...Orthographists battled and took toll of sach other over this famous name last week. When fully and correctly written and spelled, it is said to be "Amir Muhammad-ibn Abd-el-Karim." Translated, 'Amir" is the Arabic equivalent for "Prince"; "Muhammad," of course, the Arabic spelling of "Mohammed" ; "ibn," "son"; "Abd," "of the servant"; and "ul-Karim," "of the Gracious One" (i. e. God). The whole name may thus be translated "Prince Mohammed, Son of the Servant of God"; "Mohammad" being the Prince's "given name," and "Servant of God" his "family name...
...coming back after 20 years to warn the daughter of the woman in the case not to run away with someone else's husband. It is a bid for happiness that life will defeat. Somerset Maugham wrote the original comedy. As is customary a new ending has been written, quite destroying the author's original intent. One is used to those things by now, and thankful for sequences of shrewd amusement in the earlier reels...
...following review of the current issue of the Lampoon was written specially for the Crimson by Nathaniel Choate '22, former Ibis of the Lampoon...
...Lawrence," said Dean Lowes in a statement to the CRIMSON, "is perhaps the most distinguished living authority upon the history of the English stage from the Elizabethan period through the Restoration. He has written on "The Life of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Tragedian," and on other theatrical figures, his chief volume being 'The Elizabethan Playhouse and Other Studies,' published in 1912 and 1913. Since then important papers of his have appeared in the Modern Language Review, Studies in Philology, the Fortnightly Review, and in a number of other periodicals. Mr. Lawrence has no academic position, but is a private and independent...
...educational methods; recently he was quoted as saying that the American colleges were best fitted for turning out "machine-made aristocrats." He is a strong believer in the personal value of education, and has said that he hopes to see the day when the personal interview will succeed the written examination...