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...action progressed more smoothly and every character was brought out with increased brilliancy, showing greater confidence and understanding of the parts. The audience was more appreciative last night, many points being taken which before passed unnoticed. There are still a few small places where the action is inclined to drag, and it has been decided to eliminate them in the performances to follow. The theatre was over-crowded before the performance began and some were unable to gain entrance after the play started...
...Graduates' night performance last evening went off well, despite many of the drawbacks often attendant on a first performance. The play is full of funny situations, but in many places last night the action was allowed to drag; a fault which was enhanced by the fact that two or three of characters did not know their lines...
...mindedness, is, however, not in the least cynical, and if it fails to convince some of us, it is not because the article is not pleasantly written. Of the two pieces of verse, "Winter Dreams" is poetical in conception, but the imagery seems to lack originality, and the lines drag. "River Wind," on the other hand, is really an excellent bit of verse. The idea is extremely poetical, the language, although very simple, is also poetical, while the swing of the lines carries the reader along. The theme of the poem reminds one instantly of Hovey, with whose lyrics...
...habit of doing work with lively interest. That attitude will be most valuable in after life, as everything worth while in the world is accomplished by work. Secondly, the new student should choose good companionship. He should choose an environment and surroundings that will lift him up and not drag, him down. If he makes those two choices rightly, if he chooses the right work and the right friends, he will succeed in college and in after life...
...slipped it forward by grinding his shoulder on the floor. It was then possible for him to unbuckle this strap with his teeth, and to undo with his hands, although enclosed in the sleeves, the strap behind his neck. Thus the jacket was sufficiently loosened to enable him to drag it over his head...