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Miss Helen Bennett, in the role of Donald Bayne, and Mrs. Dudley Ranney, as Barbara Leslie, carry the greater part of the play upon their shoulders, and acquit themselves in a manner which leaves nothing to be desired. Mrs. Ranney has the charm and sprightliness of a professional ingenue; her dancing is excellent. Miss Jessie Means, the South American senorita displays unusual talent. The Spirit of the Ouijaboard, Miss Helenka Adamowska, always charms; her acting in this difficult role is noteworthy. All of the principals have real voices for both the lines and the lyrics, a quality which is often...
...football season, there is the greater incentive to hold up the good record of Harvard athletics set for the year 1920-21. The fact that the University hockey team has for several years past been the intercollegiate champion is additional reason for having every confidence that the men will acquit themselves well. There is a general feeling of optimism about the hockey season which opens with tonight's game; the saying that "a bad beginning means a good ending" is well enough, but there are those who feel that a good beginning is the only kind...
...Janith '22. D. McK Key '22, and A. Haughton '21 B. C. Wakefield '22, M. P. Baker '22, H. Elliot Jr '22, R. Watts '22, and F. W. Crocker '22. As all men on team A are veterans of last year's team they should be able to acquit themselves creditably in all their matches. Watts and Fuller are two other players of especial brilliancy, both having been on their Freshman team last season...
...want an autobiography, briefly here it is: In spite of being a Socialist I am of respectable American ancestry. I was born in Marion, Ohio, and while still young worked for Senator Harding. I have since recovered. I am a graduate of Princeton University, but hasten to acquit that estimable university or its at that time President, Woodrow Wilson, of any part in making me a Socialist. I however learned there to love The New Freedom and unfortunately could not turn off my affection at the psychological moment...
...also a graduate of Union Theological Semmary, and a Presbyterian clergyman. I was at one time associate pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City and afterwards was head of the American Parish Among Immigrants of the Presbyterian Church of New York.. I hasten to acquit any of these agencies for deliberate participation in my downfall. I am now editor of the 'World Tomorrow,' lecturer in the Rand School, Stump speaker, soap boxer and temporarily paroled in my own custody by the Mount Vernon police court. Mount Vernon does not refer to Washington's birthplace...