Word: dull
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whole the performance compares very favorably with other recent Pudding theatricals, for the music is distinctly above the average, and the dull places, caused by the humorous dialogue, do not seriously interfere with the life and spirit of the rest of the show. And above all, the "dance of the five senses" is worth going very far to see, for it is a long time since any Harvard theatricals have contained so entirely funny a bit of farce...
...chief impression carried away is that the conception of character and the interest of the problem are both powerful enough to make it regrettable that the author did not take time and room enough to be convincing. Yet, in spite of indifferent acting, the performance is not dull; and the success is sufficient to make us hope that this opportunity for dramatic experiment on a modest scale may be kept open...
...been made possible because of the excellence of the sport, which is not only one of the best forms of training for football men, but furnishes vigorous exercise in the winter months when it is otherwise least available. Wrestling is one of the sports which bridges over the dull seasons and offers an opportunity for physical training to everybody. It is also another branch of athletics which would receive untold benefit from a new gymnasium...
...University shares the space of the Illustrated with the newspaper. There are two articles. One, the leader, by W. M. E. Perkins '07, purports to be an excerpt from "the real diary of a real newspaper man." It tells about a "Dull Week" which isn't. Whence one may gather that reporters' souls are calloused, that they sacrifice truth to sensation and that the business of seeing things is not compatible with understanding them. Also, that the reporter leads a dog's life. The other article, by C. S. Collier '11, is called "The Free Newspaper." Mr. Collier does...
...great city dailies. Besides irregular living and an almost hand to mouth existence, the newspaper man must sacrifice all social connections and break off practically all friendships not closely connected with his work. As an illustration of what is required on the New York Times during dull times, Mr. Perkins read his diary for Christmas week, 1909. No startling event occured during the seven days, yet the work kept him up almost every night until far into the morning hours. In connection with the reporter's duties the lecturer gave a detailed account of the way news is handled after...