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...times haunting and again vigorously inspiring, the success of the actors in creating the lively spirit of the book: the effective settings; the occasional bits of real and homely Irish humor; and the excellence of the singing voices combine to make "Eileen" so delightfully worth-while that a comparison of it with one of the popular musical comedies is quite as ridiculous as a comparison of the compositions of MacDowell and Berlin...
Since the class of 1918 was the first to live in the Freshman dormitories, its progress has been watched with particular closeness by all interested in the ultimate success of the new system. A comparison between the number of men from 1918 desiring to live in the Yard, and the number from this year's Senior Class shows that over sixty more Juniors applied for rooms this year. Although it cannot be concluded from this fact that the Freshman dormitories are a great improvement over the scattered plan of rooming of former classes, it is evident that a more universal...
...What influence, what authority, would desire the suppression of such a volume where the policy of the British government is made unfavorable by comparison and counter-checking, than that government itself...
...picture now in the Fogg Art Museum is extremely beautiful in color. Mr. Berenson believes that it bears favorable comparison with the famous Arezzo frescoes, and of the color he said, he should be at a loss to point to any other. Italian work that is of a color at once so powerful and yet neither warm nor cold, but fused in a manner soft as harmonious...
...plagiarism. But this is rather to the credit of "You're in Love" than otherwise. The only twains that have the slightest chance of becoming "popular" are "You're in Love" and "Loveland." These are easily above the average of most musical comedies, but they will hardly stand comparison beside--"Very Good Eddie for example...