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...standing of the Club. A feasible and not unprecedented idea is the presentation of revivals, unless there are unusual opportunities adhering strictly to policy. Besides attracting an audience interested in significant plays, the Club would continue to furnish definite contributions to the stage, and such a plan would materially push the renaissance of the Dramatic Club, already well under way due to revived enthusiasm and cooperation...
...little Mr. Gandhi had intended to push on at once to the sea and make salt he postponed this act. He left Sisroda later in the day for Bombay where a great reception waited...
Miracle at Verdun. What would happen if the 13,000,000 War dead should suddenly push back the mould from their faces, rise in their tatters from the grave? There would be 13,000,000 more mouths for the world to feed, 13,000,000 extra jobs to be found, 13,000,000 social readjust- ments to be made. Would the world which now mourns them welcome back the brave from their sleep? With such portentous questions as these is Miracle at Verdun, the Theatre Guild's latest opus, concerned. To produce its ambitious piece, the Guild has employed...
...develop a Milne play like Mr. Hopkins. His deft hand is always there to give a push where the fragile dramatic fabric can stand it, to give gentle support where the stuff is sheer. Actor Calhern, having owed himself a good performance since his appearance in The Tyrant, makes a splendid baffled member of Parliament. If you can stand whimsy in stiff doses, Give Me Yesterday is recommended...
Nineteen seven was a panic year, no time to push reforms. Woodrow Wilson was warned that other more vital projects would suffer if he persisted in this one. At a trustee meeting in October of that year every member but one voted to drop the plan. Though President Wilson fought, appealed to alumni, broke with Professor Hibben, the Quadrangle Plan was accorded no further consideration...