Word: bitlis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bring 'Em Back Alive. In Syracuse, N.Y., Mayor Frank J. Costello* bit his lip and disclosed how things were at the zoo: the leopard had been there 20 years, and was secondhand at that; the jaguar had bitten off the leopard's tail; the lion not only had cataracts but was sharing his den with rabbits...
Sergeant Toomey saw no one running from the scene of the crime, and he suspects a getaway by car from in front of Phillips Brooks House. Clark, however, feels that students are responsible for what he explained was the second bit of thievery that had been perpetrated at his expense...
...Boston has its Common; the College has the Yard. While it is difficult to arrive at precise estimates, the amount of time, money, and labor spent on constructing and tearing down the commencement platforms would, spread over a period of years, surely be enough to hollow out a good bit of the Yard. Of course, once the lot is constructed, the expense of hiring watchmen might be prohibitive. Such an area would be shot full of dark corners, and infinitely more dangerous to undergraduate morals than a co-educational library. But if Boston, the citadel of careful manners, can risk...
Leonard Osborn turns in a magnificent performance on vocal and acting levels as Earl Tolloller, and Richard Walker is fine as his friendly rival, the Earl of Mountararat. Richard Watson does his brief bit as Private Willis perfectly. Perhaps the weakest member of the cast is Charles Dorning as the male love interest, Strephon. Dorning's voice and style, while certainly adequate, are not up to the abilities of his fellows...
...other hand, Charles Dorning, the quondam Captain of the Pinafore, let many an opportunity of building the Captain into a sympathetic and believable character slip by, although his singing, too, was superb. The one more unfortunate bit of casting was that of Helen Roberts as Josephine, daughter to the Captain, beloved of Ralph Rackstraw, but promised to Sir Joseph Porter. Miss Roberts possesses a fine set of high notes, but she all to frequently let her coloratura get away from her and succeeded in casting her words into some oblivion above the proscenium...