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...butterfly son of a self-made millionaire who of late has been "doing society" with his pompous wife. It becomes the duty of the actress to show this family their foibles, to tear the masks from their faces, to discover them unto themselves as genuinely human beings. This task takes her through the better part of four acts, sees her at one point a comedy character, at another serious. The part of Marie is the pivotal part of the play, varied and exacting. Our stage today holds, I think, but one actress capable of justly interpreting the character and that...
...recent competition. It is hoped that the best of these may be selected, practiced, and learned in time for use during the remainder of the season. The season, it should be remembered, is waxing old; and these songs are quite new. Only unanimous and diligent attention, accordingly, to the task of learning the compositions selected can assure that they will be mastered in time...
...party, to broaden it and to bring it in touch with the results of recent experience and research. There may be truth in the original teachings of Marx; there is also truth in the philosophy of the world-wide movement represented here by the I. W. W. The task is to combine and harmonize these apparently conflicting theories, and the only way to do this is first to become familiar with them...
...Harvard Lampoon is primarily an undergraduate publication, notwithstanding it is the father of Life, the aim of writing and drawing candidates should be to satirize and cartoon events of local and timely interest. This, however, is a very difficult task, since material for each number is due ten days before the date of issue. Writing and drawing candidates are required to report every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening between...
...that lucky position. President Hibben said on Saturday that he intended to make Princeton an aristocracy in the literal sense; namely, a community which should be guided by the best of its members; where merit should be fairly determined, and then rewarded. Determining real merit would be a difficult task, unless the judge knew his candidates; and the combination in President Hibben of friendly personality and this firm intent to make the happiest use of it augurs well for his administration...