Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...difficult transition from boards to celluloid has left O'Neill's "Emperor Jones" undamaged. The script of the short drama is used without change, with only a little prefatory matter added as a sop to Moronia. Since the additions are in the style of the original tragedy, since O'Neill's play as it stood opened too directly in medias res, and since the emendations take advantage of the wider possibilities of the camera, the changes are an improvement on the legitimate play. Photography and direction, and excellent suporting cast and good music aid Paul Robeson's magnificent interpretation...
There is an unusually large field of fairly promising material to choose from, but it seems doubtful if a top-rank halfback can be found to take the place of Crickard, and, for that matter, it will be difficult to develop linemen capable of filling Hardy's and Hallowell's shoes...
That such an attitude should exist is due chiefly to the fact that it is admittedly difficult to wax as enthusiastic over the same lecture the tenth or even the fifth time as it was the first or second. But what no one except the student can understand is that for him it is the first time; he has never studied just this material, he has never read this book, he has never heard this lecturer, and he is making a sincere effort the first few weeks to enjoy it. For him there is everything to gain, and nothing...
...expect Federal funds for teachers' salaries (TIME, Aug. 14). Recently he wrote in the Washington Star: "The Depression hit schools later than it did the business community. It will linger with schools longer than with business and trade. This year, therefore, will probably be the most difficult year of the Depression as far as schools are concerned." Though many a conference has voted to urge Federal aid-notably one at Teachers College which went so far as to advocate a dole for all pupils until they find employment-the U. S. Government regards the difficulties of the schools...
Probably one of the most difficult things for a man entering Harvard to procure is proper advice. Although there are deans, advisers, and proctors at every turn, and professors in every class room that fairly exude knowledge of their own particular field, there are few who possess a sufficiently all-round knowledge to be able to tell a stranger what courses it is wise to take, and what courses...