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...Kenny Delmar, who appears on radio as Senator Claghorn, is making his stage debut in "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" as Hominy Smith, a dishonest, scripture-quoting State Senator in the Lone Star State. Mr. Delmar turns out to be a good actor and his Hominy Smith is a more toned-down characterization than Claghorn, and also more amusing. Unfortunately, Mr. Delmar can not sing, and this being a musical, he is occasionally called upon to do what...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

...middle of the last century, the Reverend Mr. Jacob Abbott wrote a series of guide-books for children in which a character named Rollo asked endless questions of his Uncle George. Delmar Leighton '19, Dean of Freshmen, likes to quote from a parody of the series called "Rollo Visits Cambridge" in which Rollo asks Uncle George "What is a Dean?" and his sage relative replies: "A Dean is a sedate gentleman seated at a table playing solitaire, but he is also sort of a beadle, 'an official guide to the University' allowed to receive no fees for his services." Then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Delmar Leighton: "A Sort of Beadle" | 10/7/1948 | See Source »

...read for literary value, this book soon resembles a Coney Island museum of horrors, in which are displayed the works of such literary curiosities as Vicki Baum and Warwick Deeping, such terrible stuff as Michael Arlen's green-plush patter about the smarter set and Vina Delmar's teary tribute to the "bad girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Wilted '20s | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...DELMAR GRAY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 28, 1948 | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

...move simply involves the general extension of the procedure already used in National Scholarships, Freshman Dean Delmar Leighton '19 explained in the absence of F.S. Von Stade, Jr. '38, scholarship director...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarship Rules May Be Widened | 5/27/1948 | See Source »

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