Word: boylston
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Reversing the usual formula and coming to Boston after a winnowing road trip, "Anna Lucasta" is a relief from the glut of ubiquitous tryouts that usually dominate the Boylston boards. After long acquaintance, the cast has mastered its vehicle sufficiently to give a performance that is fluid throughout, practiced, but not off-hand. The difficult problem of presenting a prostitute with sympathy rather than derision is artistically accomplished and the mother's benevolent attitude toward her wayward daughter is made understandable, not ridiculous. The clash of wills between the unrelenting, religious father and his family is demonstrated so convincingly...
Cash prizes of $70 will be awarded to the first two place winners in the Boylston Speaking Contest, conducted last month by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The second place orators will receive $40 each...
Invitation to Learning (Sun. 12 noon, CBS). An appraisal of Plutarch's Lives by British Historian Arnold J. Toynbee, Journalist Max Lerner, Harvard's Boylston Professor Theodore Spencer...
Lawrence Creshkoff '46 and Stephen J. Gilman '44, reciting selections from two modern poets, won the Boylston. Speaking Prizes last night in Paine Hall. Robert L. Fischelis '50, Edward R. W. Franklin '47, and Durham M. Miller '47 finished in second place...
...Union and Boylston reading rooms, similar rules will prevail. However, books on the reserve list there may be taken out over the vacation if the special approval of the Boylston librarian is obtained...