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...Vagabond need not explain how he knows of all the worthwhile things that go on. He is omniscient some have even attributed to him omnipresence. Moreover, from his place in Memorial Hall he surveys all. He feels that he can be justly enraged. The greatest fault of the false accusation is its inaccuracy. The Vagabond has no price of twenty-five dollars, in fact he never has stooped to so low a bribe...
Although the last act, which is quite different in character and takes place after the war in a private office at Sheffield, lives up to the preceding one, the Prologue and Act I lagged rather badly. The fault lay in the clumsy manipulation of their business by some of the actors. However, a generous discount should be allowed since several parts, notably in Act I, represent characters old enough to be the players' grandsires. To be sure, that is an obstacle insurmountable in any dramatic enterprise by an undergraduate organization, yet it scarcely accounts for the consistently bad make...
...historical document it is invaluable. Whoever in the future may wish to write about the Imagists will find Professor Hughes' book a storehouse of facts. The bibliography of Imagist verse, criticism, etc., is, if not complete, so nearly so that no one can find fault with it. The author appears to have scoured every publication which ever mentioned the world "Imagism", and the result is an amazing collection of reference material...
Despite the historical intent of the book, there is in it of necessity a great deal of criticism, although, to be sure, most of it is not Professor Hughes'. Therein, I think, lies the fault of the book. It is too much a compendium of information to be valued for any other qualities. It might almost be called a "Guide to future works on Imagism," so thoroughgoing is its historical organization...
...Sullivan's task is lighter, inasmuch as his first eight is more or less definite, it lacks the smoothness which has been characteristic of his crews in past years, and individual changes have occurred during the past week in the first two boats in an attempt to correct this fault. A time trial over the Henley distance is scheduled for next Saturday in preparation for the coming regatta...