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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rigoletto" was the opera chosen for the opening night. The settings were conventional, a trifle simplified; the costumes constrastingly brilliant. But the manner in which the opera was sung and acted make the strongest impression of the evening: from the lighthearted courtly dance as the curtain rose, to the tragic closing duet of Gilda and Rigoletto, Mr. Franchetti conducted a group of singers that understood not only the musical but the dramatic possibilities of the work. Joseph Royer as Rigoletto, after passing easily through the opening scene, played his role with tremendous power. Mr. Onofrel was appealing as the Duke...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/13/1929 | See Source »

...Executed. Bacha Sakao, "The Water Boy of the North," Afghan chieftain, usurper of King Amanullah's throne; at Shepur Cantonment, Afghanistan; by order of Nadir ("George Washington") Khan, his vanquisher, recently chosen king (see P.31...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...readers are not willing to wait a quarter of a year" [TIME, Oct. 28]) and in the Review's old colors of blue and buff, that new Century rose from the ashes. Said Editor Howland: "Within these blue and buff covers there are eighty thousand words. They were chosen by eighteen skilled workmen, who joined them together that you might have this record of their ideas and ideals, their doubts and convictions, their theories and experiences. They have unrolled a prospect wide and various across these one hundred and sixty pages, and they have adorned them with truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: New Magazines | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...game" absent from Cambridge this week-end there is an opportunity to realize that intercollegiate football has no monopoly on the athletic interest of Harvard men during the fall months which the public dedicates to the roaring stadium. When Saturday after Saturday thousands of spectators envelop the chosen game in a sheen of frantic glory, the numerous minor sports go quietly on their own ways asking no share of the ballyhoo which rings from all sides in their ears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE | 11/9/1929 | See Source »

William McKee Dunn '30, of Detroit, Michigan, was elected vice-president, to succeed T. H. Cuihane, Jr., 'ocC. The promotion of Dunn to the post of vice-president leaves the position of librarian unfilled, but it is expected that someone will be chosen for that place in the near future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNDERHILL ELECTED P. B. H. PRESIDENT | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

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