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Storybooks tell of curious old King John of England, who once amused himself by posing this question to the Abbot of Canterbury: "How soon can I ride around the world?" A clever shepherd, substituted by the baffled Abbot, answered: "You must rise with the sun and you must ride with the sun until it rises again the next morning. As soon as you do that you will have ridden around the world in 24 hours." For this stroke of sagacity the shepherd's reward was four pieces of silver per week for life...
...South" by H. W. Grady, G. E. Lodgen '32: "The Passing of Arthur" by Tennyson, J. L. Ware '30: "The Bishop Orders his Tomb" by Browning, M. F. Loewenstein '32: "Bryan" by Vachel Lindsay, D. D. Lloyd '31: Selection from "John Brown's Body" by Benet, Abbot Peterson...
...will enter the finals are: Carlton Green '30. D. D. Lloyd '31, M. F. Loewenstein '32. H. C. Friend '31, Abbot Peterson Jr. '30, Fessenden Wilder '32, J. L. Ware '30. W. H. Melish '31, G. E. Lodgen '32, and J. W. Norcross...
...retained for further competition are: T. R. Berner '31, H. C. Friend '31, Carlton Green '30, P. G. Hoffman '32, D. D. Lloyd '31, M. F. Loewenstein '32,' G. N. Lodgin '32, J. W. Norcross '32, Abbot Peterson Jr. '30, P. C. Reardon '32, J. L. Ware '30, and Fassenden Wilder...
Because it suggests how completely disagreeable the results of man's illicit motions toward pleasure are apt to be, this play is more persuasive than the outline would indicate. George Abbot presents an effortless, natural portrait of the casual Westchester man-of-letters. Edwin Phillips, as the son, is that great dramatic rarity ?an accomplished, likeable adolescent...