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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The execution of the House Plan cannot make Harvard over; the CRIMSON does not believe that its proponents think that it can, or consider it desirable. The true university spirit of communism for the individual rather than for a series of cohesive entities is an obstacle to the success of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACULTIES AND COLLEGES | 1/8/1929 | See Source »

...Werrenrath stated that he considered the new English classical jazz as presented by George, Gershwin, worthy of consideration with the best classical music, saying. "In Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, there is nothing more nor less than a classical melody which Gershwin has written in a jazz idiom. I think that this jazz adaptation in no way decreases the merit of the selection, but, on the contrary, any other manner of presentation, for in stance, the classical, would have completely altered the charm of the theme. Then, too, you must, consider that Gershwin speaks well only in a jazz vein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Werrenrath, Famous Baritone, Defends America's Lack of Talented Composers--Predicts Great Future for Vitaphone | 1/8/1929 | See Source »

As to the story about Feld Marshal von Machensen, which had been published several times before without denial, it rings true, and when I consider the veracity of TIME, and compare it with that of members of the German High Command, I prefer to believe TIME. We have not yet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 7, 1929 | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

To understand the significance of The Kingdom of God, it is necessary to consider the circumstances of its production. The play was a Spanish one, by G. Martinez Sierra, offered by Lee Shubert. For its Manhattan premiere, the Shuberts had provided a brand new theatre named, after the most famous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Dec. 31, 1928 | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

The Author. Synonym of biography in the new manner, Strachey takes his work far more seriously than the host of whippersnappers who have travestied his methods in the six years since Queen Victoria was published. Three years' solid work expended on that book resulted in what the author called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Hen, Great Snake | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

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