Word: blame
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...view of the competence of such a number, the Board of Editors are to be congratulated. There are many of them, indeed, but so much the better for their success. The only obvious drawback for the reviewer is that he can hardly distribute praise or blame to the writers and artists one by one. Perhaps one of the best features of the Lampoon is that it is usually difficult to find the names of the contributors, though often one might wish to do so. The Christmas number is a distinct success...
...past it has been the fashion to blame immature youth for its lack of appreciation, and very few educators, at least, have had the courage to see the shortcomings of their own system. But in fact the fundamental reason for undergraduate apathy to studies is that the general community is not convinced that men of high scholastic ranking are the best men. Colleges have turned out graduates with diplomas based on standards of pure scholastic learning, with no help in a wise choice of a career and no opportunity to get in touch with men who could advise wisely...
...games in a season, gets what information he can from press accounts and from hearsay, and then blossoms out with an All-American, All-Eastern, or All-Something-or-other team. His story makes interesting reading. The public eats it up and calls for more. Don't blame the newspaper man. He is writing in response to a very evident popular demand, but he is attempting something that just can't be done...
...reason why this musical comedy is not quite the finest in town. It started as a raging Parisian success; it was adapted by the deft Clare Kummer; it was peopled by the most competent cast that one could dare propose. Yet its excellence is not immoderate. If there is blame it must be laid at Miss Kummer's door. There is a lack of laughter. The company is much the same group that placed The Night Boat and Good Morning, Dearie among the tallest and most enduring of their type, viz., Louise Groody, Oscar Shaw, Ada Lewis, John E. Hazzard...
TARNISH-Convincing reversal of the original concept that Eve is to blame...