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...product of Prof. George P. Baker's Harvard 47 Workshop is true to the pattern, using a revivalistic meeting to disclose the name of the seducer of a girl who has been betrayed, despite her heavily ingrained religiosity. Aside from this feature, chief interest in Roscoe W. Brink's play is atmospheric, its locale being laid in an out-of-the-way community in the Catskills where piety is the main business and every other interest subsidiary. Here, in 1870, the elders, on finding a girl has been misled, hasten her marriage to the son of the village...
...plot discusses the actions and reactions of a district attorney's wife who has denied herself amatory intrigue in deference to her husband's career and reputation. He is promptly disclosed on the brink of official malpractice. Some three acts of philosophy, maundering and epigram are required to open this rift in their domestic lute and close it happily...
...individual, but the decision must, of course, be made at the beginning of the year. It will be interesting to see just how many take the opportunity of broadening their general knowledge--or, perhaps, of postponing their labors until after Christmas--and how many will hesitate on the brink just a bit too long...
Hungary is reported to be on the brink of a revolution. The principal reason given is that there is a widespread distrust of the present Government. The rapidly falling crown has also a good deal to do with the discontent...
...fact that everyone stands on the brink of a precipice does not in any way tend to diminish the number of University activities...