Word: capek
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...mirage of Ponce de Leon may be real after all, and a mere stop in a larger scheme. Daedalus and learus were myths until the Wright brothers clothed them in fact. And Julos Verne in his day was thought a spinner of idle fancies. Who knows but Karel Capek may prove a seer, and President Lowell realize his dream of "synthetic Freshmen...
...Walker, president of the University Debating Council will give a short talk, which will be followed by an exhibition debate by four members of last year's Freshman Discussion club. The subject will be: Resolved: that Memorial Hall would look better turned inside out-Capek...
...subject matter of the play, and neither did the largest part of the informal rehearsal audience gathered there. This group of stage hands, and a Professor or two, were united with me in a common bond of ignorance. We sprawled in the darkness, and rather defied Mr. Capek and the Dramatic Club to interest...
...Capek Powerful Dramatist...
...logically and dramatically satisfying. Out of the shadow of the bare stage the characters move into the light which surrounds the world-weary opera singer. She, herself, is removed from reality by the dramatist, but these men and women who come into contact with her are very real. Capek projects them with a tenuous sort of power, following up pathos or amusement with a modern chord of dissonance which startles, arrests, and then intrigues the imagination. The ending of the act is fine in its restraint...