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Chadwick Maurer, as the Stage Manager, sets just the right mood for the whole play. Carol Wheeler, as Emily, and Burt French, as George, make difficult transition from childhood to adulthood with remarkable skill. Perhaps the outstanding performance is that of William Otis, as Editor Webb. His dialogue with George, the bridegroom-to-be, over the breakfast table on the wedding morning is a masterpiece of indirection. Except for an occasional overplayed speech, the rest of the cast, which includes John Rand, Robert Resor, and Robert Bastille, all '43, is up to the standard of the principals...
Everts, the first man to win the University tournament as a Freshman since the days of Dave Burt, did not play tennis last year on his Freshman team, but preferred to play baseball. He has an almost flawless game, however, and can be considered an equal match for anyone in collegiate tennis circies today...
There is enough money left in the golf quota of the regular Athletic Budget to enable those on the team who need lessons most to take them from Burt Nichols, the professional at the Belmont Country Club. The team will be chosen as usual on a strictly competitive basis, and the question of coaching for those not on the team will be left up to the individual...
Airman Lindbergh took the job offered, whether he liked it or not, then ducked into the office of his old America First crony, Senator Burt Wheeler. For half an hour they chewed a dark and bitter cud, while newsmen and photographers gathered outside...
...Author Burt is an excellent reporter, and he is at his best in describing the Philadelphia phenomenon-the mingled ugliness and beauty of the city, its noble traditions and wasted opportunities and decay, its kindly and brainless aristocrats, the weird customs and stately orgies of its men's clubs, the gastronomic peaks of its cuisine. "In all the world," says Felix's lawyer at lunch, "there is no equal of Philadelphia strawberry ice cream. In fact, I might say that outside of Philadelphia no one knows what ice cream really...