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...York "Abie's Irish Rose" has borne up bravely under the condemnation and ridicule of the dramatic critics. It will play to full houses and the resultant full cash boxes in Boston regardless of what the critics say. The natural temptation is to follow the lead of Messrs. Benchley, Broun, and Nathan, and make a joke of the whole thing. Here is a play ideal for the humorous review, and the seats in Row V--V not, in this case, meaning five--which the management graciously bestowed upon this department might reasonably inspire humor of the citrous sort. "Abie...
...interest to graduates and to the public, Edmonds is planning to include articles from graduates and men prominent in life, as well as undergraduate fiction and verse. An article is already promised from Thorvald S. Ross '12, and Edmonds hopes for contributions from such well-known writers as Heywood Broun '10, and Stephon Leacock. The undergraduates will remain alone in the fiction field, as well as in the book review department...
...into the system. From the point of view of the college office Emerson was a member of the vast mediocrity. He graduated below the middle of his class. He knew what he wanted, so he ignored requirements which conflicted with his interests. Then there is Heywood Broun who left Harvard because he was unable to get what he wanted here. Was this another case where free development was unduly hampered by college regulations? At any rate, it seems evident that something is wrong with a system which makes no place for such men. All systems tend to become too rigid...
...Heywood Broun-"The man who wrote Saint Joan can now condescend a little to the author of Caesar and Cleopatra . . . much slipshodery in the first night performance...
...Heywood Broun-"It does not seem to me that the author has succeeded in his effort to present a benighted people wholly from their own point of view. ... It is skilful eavesdropping, but it falls short of capture...