Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...editors (see below) were flaying roundly the barbarities of the English chase, and hinting at hypocrisy in the refusal of Edward of Wales to accompany the King of Spain to a bull fight. Characteristically, the London press was indignant, sought the opinion of the Cloth, elicited divergent and sturdy comment from the following reverend gentlemen...
...makes admirable reading. It is a direct and human story, normal and natural, told without a breath either of conscious advertisement, or of unreal humility. It is written with quick and nervous energy. There is much deft description, shrewd comment, and keen insight. All through it runs a virile loyalty, and a disciplined enthusiasm which marks the spiritual expert. It is skillfully condensed, giving a true perspective and a clear impression...
...improvements, can at least awaken the Dramatic Club to the possibilities which are within its grasp. Whatever or whoever is to blame for the decline of this body, there is no doubt but that it needs renovation. If the students of the University are culpable, one can merely comment on the degradation of the drama which has been Harvard's share. On the other hand if the Club itself is not appreciating its chances, a thespian revolution would be an efficient solution to what is a genuine and as yet unanswerable problem...
Born in Shanghal in 1893 he went to an English preparatory school in that city. Finding that the educational opportunities were limited there he came to Harvard and passed two and a half years here, taking his degree in 1915. Although his record here caused no especial comment as at that time it was in those two and a half years that he developed the knowledge and the ability which made his rapid rise later in China possible. He is one of the large group of students who, having obtained a foreign education, now form the back-bone...
...Harvard Dramatic Club, in its annual spring production, has forestalled any such rigorous comment, however, by first telling its audience that it is presenting a musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare: thus frankly admitting that travesty, and nothing else, is to be expected...