Word: benning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Boston censors are peculiar; they banned our play, and let 'Volpone', in Zweig's version of Ben Jonson's rare bit, run merrily on when the Guild presented it here last spring. I don't see that 'Strange Interlude' is as bad for public consumption as 'Volpone'. Perhaps Ben Jonson's bad taste is classic, while Eugene O'Neill's is--well, the Boston censors have their opinion, it seems...
Last week Judge Ben G. Williams of Frankfort instructed the Franklin County Grand Jury to bring in a Not Guilty verdict on Governor Sampson. Not only had the Governor not sold his textbooks for personal profit (he gave them to his secretary and she sold them). But, said Judge Williams: "Those publishing companies sent the textbooks as samples and they were not accepted as gifts. The resolution [for putting new books into Kentucky schools] required that such samples be sent...
...Ben Jonson", Professor Murdock, Sever...
...Ben Jonson", Professor Murdock, Sever...
...teams wound up the afternoon with a few minutes signal drill in which Putnam. Wetmore and Gleason led the A, B, and C combinations, respectively. Ben Ticknor reported with blistered feet and was excused from the drill, Gildea taking his place on Team A, and Cunningham moving up to Team B. Art Devens then jumped into the gap at center on Team...