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...Everyman lyveth so after his owne pleasure, And yet of theyr lyfe they be nothynge sure. . . ." The Cardinal Archbishop, settling his dalmatic more comfortably, arranged himself to listen, his small brown face screwed into a mask of naive anticipation. Nobody else moved. Behind him the burgesses of Salzburg listened respectfully; his Abbot sat upon his right; in front of him his four sturdy bastards awaited God's next word in a glitter of green and silver buckram. That was in the year . . . Nothing much had changed. Once more sunset powdered with golden dust the Cathedral Square of Salzburg; once...
...Rose Quartet, and a trainload of minor operatic and dramatic stars, stage hands, electricians, scene painters. A majority of these normally well paid minions of Art rendered notable homage to Max Reinhardt's genius of appearing gratis at the operas, concerts, recitals of his festival. Not only was Everyman played tut Turandot and Ariadne were sung. The towseled German Jew who with Gordon Craig laid the foundations of the new stagecraft triumphed last week at a festival which was recently an innovation (TIME, Aug. 24, 1925) but has become a tradition today...
...Shepherds who carried the Star, butchers assisted in the Crucifixion. Christ, in one French play, had to recite 4,000 verses; in 1437 at Metz, during the Crucifixion scene, both Judas and Christ were prostrated by emotional strain. But of all the many Miracle plays, so rigorously acted, Everyman alone has a plot that holds together. "Inasmuch as the play represents a struggle, it is drama, and it matters little li you call it Hamlet or Everyman, the abstract instantly becomes the concrete, and the symbolism of an idea becomes changed into a human fact...
Then a scout contest was held for "stunts." First prize was given to a skit, Mr. Everyman Gets a Wife in 1936 (Everyman picked a Girl Scout because she could cook). Second prize went to a troop that built a log cabin, a foot bridge and a campfire in three minutes. A troop of young Negresses was honored for portraying a Girl Scout giving her seat to an old man in a street car, another troop for showing Girl Scouts rescuing flappers lost in the woods, a third troop for depicting "the wreck of the 20th Century...
...that any professor can give. This gift of great value is training. It is not for facts that we come to college, but for training. If a man receives that training, it matters not at all whether he is given it on the playing field or in the classroom. Everyman of whom Eddie Farrell makes something worthwhile, is possessed of the ability of giving better than his best when he is called upon. The cross-country team will show the effect of his support as usual, and the College can be assured that the football team will be infinitely benefited...