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...modern playwright is the late Frenchman Jean Giraudoux; Giraudoux's characters, he says, are "human beings of acute sensibility; they are not thugs or sadists, but suffering, cultured people." He does not find much value in the angry works of John Osborne or in the experimental theatre of Samuel Beckett. "Osborne is an arresting writer; he makes you listen to him, but his characters are monsters and have no awareness that they are monsters...
Jumping to an early lead, the freshman hockey team scored a decisive 13-1 victory over the B.U. freshmen yesterday, for its 17th win in 19 games. Leading the attack were Tony Nicholas with three goals and Al Alpine and Bill Beckett with two goals each...
...Beckett noted that the Northeastern players occasionally became rattled, further hampering their play. In addition, the large Watson playing area made possible a sweeping attack which might not be possible at another rink. However, periods in the game were cut to 15 minutes instead of the usual 20 for college matches...
...Beckett asserted that prospects for the rest of the season "look very good." He called the Colby game on Feb. 23, the biggest threat in the future. "Colby is a bigger team," Beckett said, "and playing them away, we should have a great deal of trouble...
Today the team will travel to Andover for a game with Andover School. Neither Beckett nor Slattery anticipated too much trouble but felt that the contest will be considerably stiffer than yesterday...