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...great many rather unlovely characters of history have been compared to Nero, but that President Coolidge should be spoken of in the same breath with the ill-famed Emperor seemed, until last week, almost incredible. The feat was performed, however, by Editor Basil M. Manly of People's Business, a journal which voices the views of LaFollette Progressives...
...Every year the Players' Club presents a classical drama for a short run. This year, during last week only, it was Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, with incidental music by Charles L. Safford. The confusion of brilliance in the cast resulted from William Courtleigh (Caesar), James Rennie (Antony), Basil Rathbone (Cassius), Tyrone Power (Brutus), Mary Young (Portia), Homer Croy (Mob), Bruce Bairnsfather...
...long had the self-conscious Rev. Basil W. B. Matthews, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, London, endured the scrutiny of his congregation, that last week he broke into psalmodic lament...
...seem to have detracted from the ability of both for Love Is Like That tries to impose heroics of romanticism upon comedy of manners, a process automatically self-canceling. What is left are attractive scenery, one or two bits of good acting, a few, isolated, clever lines. Vladimir Dubriski (Basil Rathbone), silky-suave Grand Duke in exile, is tumbled into Manhattan's gaucherie, faced with the dilemma of marrying a bloated divorcee of means or engaging in menial service for a livelihood. In a last act silhouette, he is represented donning his tall high hat, preparatory to sitting elegantly...
...speaker, who will be announced at a later date, will address the open meeting about the work which the Dramatic Club has accomplished in the past. Basil Dean, noted English theatrical producer, and E. E. Clive of the Copley Theatre have spoken in the past. Kingsley Perry '28, President of the club, has received the conditional acceptance of an equally prominent speaker, who in all probability will address the meeting...