Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Seven Sutherland Sisters, the Solid Ivories, the Whiff Whaffs, the Stars and Stripes and the Silver Stars. Two games will be played, thus eliminating two teams, and the remaining three teams will play a round robin for the championship. So far the Seven Sutherland Sisters have shown up much better than any of the other teams, having scored ten points to their opponents' none...
...play, since its first production, has been rearranged. The first and second acts have been partially telescoped and the ending altered. Those changes not only make the play more effective for acting purposes but seem, psychologically, better. The "Faith Healer" is a notable advance upon Mr. Moody's earlier, excellent play, "The Great Divide." Even now he stands high among our dramatic writers: should he produce more plays, fulfilling the promise of these two, we may be certain of great drama
...versions of the "Faith Healer" to be used tonight is a complete rewriting of the play since its publication, Both the author and Mr. Miller feel that, while preserving all the merits of the original form, it is even better for acting...
There are several moving moments in Mr. Moody's play and in them the poise and dignity of Mr. Miller's acting appeared at their best. A number of passages deserve to be called literature and they could scarcely fall into better hands for delivery than into Mr. Miller's. Such a passage is that in which the "Faith Healer" tells how he first saw the vision and heard the voice that sent him on his mission...
...game of the interclass series by the score of 15 to 10 in a hard-fought contest in the Hemenway Gymnasium last evening. More aggressive work on the offence and greater accuracy in shooting goals accounted largely for the 1913 victory. During the first half the Freshmen showed much better team-work than the Seniors and were able to score 12 of the 15 points as against 4 made by the Seniors. A marked improvement in the Senior team in the second half made the playing more nearly even...