Word: criticize
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Judges are to be Professor Joseph h. Beale, of the Law School; Mr. Edward H. Crosby, dramatic critic of the Boston Post; and Mr. Otto Fleischner, assistant librarian of the Boston Public library...
...articles, R. W. Chubb contributes a somewhat positive and summary disposal of A. R. Orage's theory of a national guild. The writer's theory is not developed as a unit that the reader may see in perspective and judge. Yet interest centres in that rather than in the critic's reaction. A commendable editorial, a pleasant book notice (hardly review), and Frederick Robinson's reaction on the "New Intoxication" complete the non-fictional prose. The last appears to miss in the phrase "the new intoxication" an implied criticism of all religion that it partakes of a kind of divine...
After such achievements the Dramatic Club was given the opportunity of at- tempting something more ambitious. The Graduate Advisory Committee, consisting of Professor George Pierce Baker '87, Winthrop Ames '95, then Director of the New Theatre, and H. T. Parker '89, dramatic critic of the Transcript, selected "The Scarecrow" by Percy MacKaye '97. This play was presented with much distinction in the fall of 1909 and instantly increased the prestige of the club, securing its reputation as "a dramatic organization of unusual versatility and notable accomplishment...
...When criticism is made of the manner in which many courses in the University are conducted, the captious student often fails to appreciate fully the fact that it is no simple task for a professor to step down from the platform and view in retrospect faults in his system. If the latter were able to assume the dual role of lecturer and critic, even then it would not be surprising if many of the weaknesses in his treatment of the subject were overlooked...
...short there are just enough minor faults to give the amateur critic some fun and the staff and the company some work between performances. It is a well-balanced production of a good play. Those who see it will not only enjoy it, but remember it, and quote...