Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prizes are acceptable to Bernand Shaw, if not to Sinclair Lewis. A somewhat tardy consideration of "St. Joan" has resulted in the awarding of the 1925 Nobel Prize for literature to its brilliant and caustic creator. Mr. Shaw makes no attempt to conceal the fact that he is pleased at being the recipient of the honor, perhaps realizing that even though it might be considered as merely an additional title and therefore an additional burden. There is a material compensation...
...Lieutenant Conant was one of the most brilliant aviators in the service. He had flown 1,300 hours in 38 different types of airplanes; he had been shot from a catapult; he was one of the first 25 men to operate from the deck of an airplane carrier. The Navy mourned him, remembered that only two months before another courageous aviator, Commander John Rodgers, had crashed to his death in the Delaware River...
...Approval. Frederick Lonsdale's genius for smart repartee dialogue finds many a brilliant opportunity in a play with only four characters. Mrs. Wislack (Violet Kemble Cooper), widow, will experiment for one month with the temperament of mild Richard Halton (Wallace Eddinger) before risking another matrimonial venture. The Duke of Bristol (Hugh Wakefield) is more of an opportunist. He sets his suave cap for immediate acquisition of Helen Hayle (Kathlene MacDonell), heiress and best friend of the canny widow. After a skirmish of wits, with no insults barred, provided only that they be smooth-edged as befits Mrs. Wislack...
Meiklejohn a Brilliant Speaker...
Professor Meiklejohn, formerly President of Amherst College, is a brilliant speaker and a profound critic of our educational system. President McCracken of Vassar College is one of the leaders in the movement for extending the students' share in shaping the curriculum. On the opening night of the conference these men will present divergent viewpoints for the consideration of the delegates...