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Twelfth Night (by William Shakespeare; The Theatre Guild-Gilbert Miller, Producers) was first produced on Candlemas Day, Feb. 2, 1602, in London's Middle Temple Hall, which a few weeks ago was struck by a Nazi bomb. Neither bombs nor centuries seriously alter Shakespeare's comedy. It can be richly indecent as in Measure for Measure, swift and slapstick as in The Taming of the Shrew. It can also be very mild, very mannered-as in Twelfth Night. The Guild production of the play is exquisite, but the net effect is that of a high ritual of antique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Revival in Manhattan: Dec. 2, 1940 | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

Gerald M. Alter '41, Mason City, la.; Adelbert Ames '43, Hanover, N. H.; David L. Anderson '41, Portland, Ore.; Ralph A. Anderson '42, Minneapolis, Minn.; Marvin G. Barrett '42, Dea Molnes, la.; John H. Dass, Jr. '49, Evanston, III.; Fred Benyamin '41, Columbia, S. C.; Charles P. Berger, Jr. '41, Jackson, Mich.; Thomas W. Blazey '42, Euolid, O:; William J. Bobear '43, Upper Darby, Pa.; Charles Brounig '42, Indianapolis, Ind.; Robert W. Broge '42, Cleveland, O.; John W. Buddenberg '43, Gothenburg, Nebr.; Curtis A. Bush '43, Davenport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $45,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN 119 UPPERCLASSMEN | 11/1/1940 | See Source »

...Democracy can mean anything from a dictatorship of the proletariat to a preservation of the status quo. It can mean a belief in the divine right of fifty-one per cent of the voters to alter in any way at any moment all laws and customs. Or it can mean the continuation in power in some locality of a privileged class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant's Speech Urges Us to Find "Golden Mean" Twixt Authority and Criticism to Save "Our Way" | 10/22/1940 | See Source »

...comparison of these figures with last year's is not wholly accurate, as the 1939 group was issued after all transfer students had chosen their fields, where as at present 51 in that classification are still undecided. That their choices should alter to a great extent the figure for any one field is improbable, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCIENTIFIC FIELDS GAIN AS HUMANITIES SUFFER DROP | 10/8/1940 | See Source »

...stepped into his press conference, leaned on the back of his chair, and asked, "Are there any questions this morning, gentlemen?" From his pocket he extracted his familiar pince-nez with the heavy black ribbon, put them on, and read a prepared statement: "The reported alliance does not . . . substantially alter a situation which has existed for several years. Announcement of the alliance merely makes clear to all a relationship which has long existed in effect and to which this Government has repeatedly called attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Masks Drops | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

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