Word: acquitting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...buckwheat cake Arnold Bennett is supposed to have remarked: "I say, it isn't half so rotten as it looks!" This is the impression which Mr. Bradford sets out to give of these seven?as he admits?"paley damaged" and very miscellaneous souls. He makes no attempt to acquit them of their faults, but by showing the light in which they saw themselves, the damage seems more the result of circumstance than of intent...
...always sucessful. Mr. Charlton as Doctor Garret is too repressed he finds it so easy to look grim and sad that he frequently overdoes it. In "The End of the Bridge", the Boston Stock Company has got hold of a very difficult, though interesting, piece. All in all, they acquit themselves creditably, if no more...
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...