Word: covertly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sudden illness of Mr. Whittemore and the consequent re-arrangement of parts at the last moment probably accounts for acting at this first performance more like that of a dress rehearsal. The verse play, however, brings out even in professionals all covert faults of enunciation and intonation. Indistinctness even among the most experienced in the Delta Upsilon cast was marked. Moreover, time has made stale so many of the lines which originally delighted an audience that the comedy must be played fast, with skillful pointing of the lines and some building up by action to make places weak...
This sort of covert attack under the guise of a news item cannot fall to have an injurious effect on the standing and reputation of the University. For this reason, any steps to bring about a cessation of this variety of journalistic activity would confer a very real benefit on Harvard...