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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Slipshod English prevails throughout the number in prose and in verse. Among the contributors the thought of composition as an art seems rare. Such expressions as, "The two lawyers . . . . are unusually realistic, perhaps due to the fact that," etc., such sentences as, "It has novelty, punch, heart interest, and almost all the other ingredients which go to make up a smashing success," should not be printed in a document that is sold for more than one cent. The only story in the number, My Friend of the Smoking Room, should be powerful or nothing. It is not powerful...
...curious belief is prevalent, especially among men who have never attended an operatic performance, that in order to enjoy the opera one must be gifted with extraordinary musical talent. But in fact, the opera, combining as it does music and drama, thus furnishing aesthetic enjoyment not only to the ear but to the eye, presents a far easier opportunity to the so-called unmusical to enjoy music, than does a concert or recital. By going to an opera and flixng his attention on the dramatic element, as he would in the case of an ordinary play, the man who knows...
...third floor of the Union at 4 o'clock. Robert Frost, a rising young American poet, will read selections from his own writings. He is a native of New Hampshire and his book on northern New England called "North of Boston" has been pronounced by critics as among the leading works of the day. His other book, "A Boy's Way" has also gained much favor both in England and America. Mr. Frost has left his farm in New Hampshire in order to deliver lectures in Boston under the auspices of Mr. Browne, of Browne and Nichols School...
Both Gay and Martin, as Don Jose, suffered from self-consciousness during the first act and did not reach the height of their powers until the third act, when they absolutely forgot themselves and did splendidly. Martin has a tightness in the throat which is very common among German tenors...
...Yale and Columbia have similar courses, I believe, and Syracuse University has begun one within the past few months. Steps have been taken in the same direction at the University of Minnesota and other institutions. I have been greatly interested in these attempts to encourage intelligent consideration of playwriting among students. Harvard seems to have been most successful, turning out such men as Edward Sheldon, Fred Ballard, and Cleves Kinkead. I believe that one reason such good men have been developed at Harvard has been the help offered in the matter of prizes. There is the McDowell Fellowship...