Word: focused
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During November Dampeer hopes to have all men who are now or have ever been socially affiliated with the Class of 1938 run before the focus of the Vantine Studio cameras...
Although it may seem a bit premature to ask Freshmen, who are only just now becoming adjusted to life in the Yard, to focus their attention on things ahead, it is never too early for them to think about the Houses. Since three years of their undergraduate careers are more than likely to be spent in the Houses, there is every reason for the men now in the Yard to begin to think about the Houses in which they would prefer to live. One of the best ways to get to know the Houses from the inside...
...forwarding the cause of progressive drama. By hard work not unmixed with inspiration, they contrived to make the Club self- supporting, to enlarge its membership, to direct into their offices a stream of unproduced plays from all over the country and, by producing the most significant of these, to focus attention on the dramatic trends...
...idea of American civilization, another of the President's pets, defined practically in the American History course started last summer for both interested students and the general public. This idea has as its purpose the enrichening our civilization by giving impetus to native art and sciences, by bringing focus on the ideals of America, by nationalizing all sectional virtues and talents. This is a big order, rather creamy on the surface, but with a strong foundation; it is the sort of ideal worth supporting, and surely the extension of President Conant's national scholarships provides an excellent way of furthering...
...aspects of Jim Fisk's life have drawn the camera's focus alternately, his financial career and his career with Josie Mansfield. Getting off to a fast start with some able stooging by Grant and Oakie, Arnold appears on his way to another of his masterful, belly-laughing characterizations, this time of the late Jay Gould's spectacular compeer. But enter love. Miss Farmer's rather self-conscious poignancy upsets the emotional possibilities inherent in Fisk's Wall Street development. Then set for a satisfyingly tragic romance amid the triangle of Arnold in love with Farmer in love with Grant...