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...Journey's End" was fought in terms of a front-line dug-out, so here we see the sounds, confusion and terrible effects of battle on the high seas. By the use of intricate lighting and other unusual devices an expert dramatist attempts to depict life among perhaps the most starting conditions the machine age has yet evoked. "B. J. One" will lay heavy and thrilling demands upon not only the Dramatic Club's mechanical staff, but also the imagination of the spectators...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "B. J. ONE," Opening Tonight in Brattle Hall, is Previewed as Attack on Suicidal Competition of Steel Companies | 5/6/1931 | See Source »

...Fraternities becomes more acute. Soon they are to pass before a tribunal of the undergraduates themselves, the faculty, and alumni. Tried, will they be found wanting? What will the handwriting on the wall foretell? Will it speak of fraternity achievements, its benefits to college society, or will it boldly depict the history of outworn customs, forgotten ideals, and nebulous raison d'etres...

Author: By Yale News., | Title: Crumbling Ruins | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

...which pictures of gangland portrayed the heroism and sterling tendency, according to the previews has been to depict the realities of the underworld. "The Secret Six", now playing at Loew's State follows the latter rule. The purpose of this production is to prove that the old adage that there is honor among thieves is all wrong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/2/1931 | See Source »

...Spain to his list of conquered nations, resulted in years of fighting accompanied by starvation, mutilation, and all the horrors of war. These hideous scenes accompanying Spain's struggle for independence, were translated by Goya's imagination into the series of the Disasters of War. They do not depict specific events but represent what might and probably did take place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOGG MUSEUM TO OPEN EXHIBITION OF GOYA'S PRINTS AND DRAWINGS | 2/19/1931 | See Source »

Conant's report to the Medieval Academy of America, which institute is sponsoring the work, two paragraphs in particular depict the extent of this historic splendor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant and Assistants Excavate Ruins of Old Abbey of Cluny In Burgundy--Monastery Center of Middle Age Monasticism | 12/2/1930 | See Source »

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