Word: afield
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Roger Hewlett '33, author of the book, did not go far afield for his plot. That it includes scenes "in the living room of Miss Caroline Porter's House," on board the S. S. Iambic (which provides opportunity for a pirate scene) and a Paris cabaret gives sufficient hint as to its nature. W. F. Draper '35 takes the feminine lead with admirable gusto. His blitheness and litheness put the local vanities and ventures in the shade. Between the acts it was embarrassingly difficult to distinguish between the genuine debs in the audience and the members of the chorus...
Most illiterate dagoes* have the killer instinct, especially when their animal comfort is disturbed. In the countrysides they are notorious pothunters. Hunting U. S. Presidents or other public officials is far easier for deranged dagoes than pothunting afield. All Joe Zangara had to do was go to Miami's Bay Front Park and take a front seat, wait like an ardent if stupid-looking patriot until the President-elect should come within range...
Izzy operated mostly in New York, but he was sent as far afield as Mobile, Detroit, Los Angeles. He never carried a gun, reports having been shot at only once, and that time the gun jammed. He had lots of fun with his job. At one German beer-garden, masquerading as a reveler, he made so much noise he was asked to sing a solo, which he did with great gusto. Then he announced: "This concludes the evening's entertainment, ladies & gentlemen. The place is pinched. For I am Izzy Einstein, the Prohibition Agent...
Since the departure of George Pierce Baker and the "47 Workshop" a number of years ago, there has been little outlet for undergraduate playwrights. Last year, the Harvard Dramatic Club continued its policy of going afield for its material, and produced Hasonclaver's "Napoleon Intrudes." This year, according to reports, the club plans to produce the work of a professional. Although the decision has been made as far as this fall is concerned, it is worth considering whether the production of plays by professionals is the best permanent policy...
Frank Aloysius Tichenor is much more believable as publisher of Outlook than as publisher of Spur. Rough-&-ready, earthy, amazingly energetic, simple in his tastes, his interests lie far afield from Spur's studied elegance. He is a natural and practiced politician. Now a Republican, he is convinced that the time is nearly ripe for a Third Party, sees an opportunity to rebuild Outlook's influence to what it was in Roosevelt...