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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miss Dorothy Hartzell Kuhns has this year been awarded the Belmont Theatre Prize of $500 in New York for her three act comedy of character, "The Dud." Miss Kuhns was a special students at Radcliffe College in 1919-20 and 1922-23, studying dramatic technique under Professor G. P. Baker '87 of the University. She also acted in productions of the 47 Workshop and The Harvard Dramatic Club. Miss Kuhns came to college from the National Cathedral School in Washington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE DUD" BY DOROTHY KUHNS WINS BELMONT THEATRE PRIZE | 9/21/1923 | See Source »

...interested in strange noises per se but only as they contribute to the effect of the whole. So he used muted harp and chime in unison, in "Saturn--Bringer of Old Age" with marked success. A much talked of organ glissando proved hardly noticeable, and almost a complete dud. The orchestra has rarely received such an ovation as it did after this piece; even from the floor came loud clapping. MacDowell's Indian Suite completed the program. It proved hardly more interesting than usual, except for the excellent "In War Time...

Author: By A. S. M., | Title: RADICAL DEPARTURE IN SYMPHONY PROGRAM | 1/27/1923 | See Source »

...their day; undergraduates will do well to probity by their experience. The student who would get most out of his college career must be fully alive to the manifold privilege open to him at the university. The man who altogether neglects them usually proves to be an intellectual "dud...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT Harvard? | 5/10/1921 | See Source »

...rather than to be held as, in at least some sense, a preparation for a better grasp of political situations. Since only the speeches of National Committee Chairmen seem to have any direct effect on the choice of candidates and the election generally, all other discussion is of the "dud" variety. Mr. Oettinger has grown up unhampered by the rather vulgar experience of open discussion; he seems annoyed that others should indulge in so common a pastime when there are plenty of experienced politicians who could do it all for them, and so much more conventionally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Meistersingers" Once More | 11/1/1920 | See Source »

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