Word: brightest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...School this fall has begun to play the part of a major university problem. Beset on the outside by rapidly shifting concepts of legal thinking and tied from within by the system of teaching to which it has adhered for a generation, the school which was once the brightest star in the Harvard firmament has suffered a threat to its supremacy. That the faculty has waked up to the dangers is an encouraging sign, but in planning any changes in legal education the committee should keep a weather eye out for their influence on the rest of the University...
...billed. As a compromise, they packed her off to Europe to hobnob with composers, improve her languages, acquire polish. Back she came this fall to an orchestra moved into the big Chicago Auditorium, to a board of directors headed by rich and beauteous Mrs. Edward Morris, to the brightest prospect she has ever had. Last week when some 2,000 people poured into the hall for her opening concert, blonde, strapping Mrs. Sundstrom showed herself as good a strategist as she is musician...
...sentimental, succeeds only in being arch. It contains a surprise, Comedienne Ruth Weston singing. Carl Brisson, a large, broad-faced Dane who was once a pugilist, accomplishes both song and dance, has such fidgety legs that he seems to be dancing even when he is not supposed to. Brightest spots are the singing of such amiable Romberg tunes as "No Use Pretending" and "Blame It All on the Night" by Ruby Mercer, comely soprano from St. Louis' Municipal Opera Company, and eccentric dances by a small girl named June Havoc...
...California scenery to justify a considerable portion of the fantastic boasts from out of that sunny land. Aware of the possibilities of their material and their improved equipment, the photographers have used some genuine artistry in the choice and compositions of their scencs. A sunrise is caught at its brightest, and lovely lands are duplicated upside down in lovely waters...
...great scholars from the earth's four corners joined in solemn procession to pay homage to the school that John Harvard helped to found. After 300 years Harvard was not only the oldest and richest university in the U. S. but also one of the world's brightest lamps of learning...