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...delegated to the Official Program of the Harvard-Yale Regatta. That publication was designed by its publishers, the Harvard Athletic Association, to amuse the impatient crowds in case of a postponement of the starting time, to educate them in "What the Young Girl May Wear", to give them a background of crew history, and to give them, in the most approved off-hand fashion, some idea of who will race on Friday...
...note that, although ideas, mechanisms, money have done much for our stage, they cannot replace John Drew. Laurette Taylor's startling genius gave the breath and brilliancy of life to the name role. William Courtleigh, O. P. Heggie, Violet Heming, Ernest Lawford contented themselves with perfecting the background of small parts. Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's cordial comedy of life behind the scenes of a small English playhouse never was better played. All in all a rare week. Spooks is a mystery play. Borrowing a descriptive bit from Ring Lardner, one might say that the mystery...
Awaiting these advances, of which the press advised him, Editor Frank must have reflected on his position. He knew that his four-year secretariat in Northwestern University had furnished him with a practical background in pedagogical administration. He recalled three active years with Edward Filene of Boston in commercial research and organization. He well knew that, since 1921, he had spurred the Century out of dry-as-dust respectability to a commendable, if not commanding, place in the magazine field ; had buttressed the prestige of its editorial page with able leaders on large issues...
Philosophy Must Have Background...
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED ?California grape vines and chattering Italian dialect are the background for a primitive tragedy of the old husband, the young bride and the handsome man-of-all-work...