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Wilder has been noted for his experimentation with techniques of expression; his prize winning play, "Our Town," was produced without scenery. Wilder explained this unusual approach as an attempt to re-enlist the imaginative collaboration of the audience by reducing the scenery to mere symbol, and a frank underscoring of the theatre as an illusion and a make believe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thornton Wilder, Pulitzer Playwright, Says Drama Club Had 'Verve' in Past | 12/20/1938 | See Source »

...School students, acting on behalf of their colleague, Frederic B. Dailey 3L, won a skillful fight against the Cambridge Board of Elections yesterday, when Supreme Court Justice Qua ordered that a writ of mandamus be issued to enlist the plaintiff on the election roll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COURT RULING WILL LET LAW STUDENTS VOTE IN CAMBRIDGE | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

...anti-Semitic decrees to apply for emigration permits to go to Ethiopia, the Grand Council further decreed that such Jews: 1) may not own or manage Italian concerns with 100 or more employes; 2) may not own more than 124 acres of land in Italy; 3) may not enlist in Italy's armed forces in peace or wartime; 4) may not enroll in the Fascist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Selected Jews | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...year-old Stanley Fiese of Beloit (Wis.) was last week putting his 185 lb. of brain and brawn behind a helpful idea-Registered Collegiate Thumbers. A student at St. Ambrose College in Davenport (Iowa), he got the idea last May, thumbed his way around during the summer to enlist boys in several colleges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Thumbs Up | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

...emblem as a visible roadside high-sign, and a certified identification card bearing on the reverse a legal waiver releasing any motorist kind enough to offer a lift from liability in case of accident. Encouraged by the Roman Catholic faculty at St. Ambrose, Thumber Fiese plans to enlist 800 more colleges. Says he: "We believe our fundamental idea is sound and . . . that our organization will benefit society. ... I have a girl friend in Beloit and visit there weekends. That isn't the reason I thought of this plan, but the R. C. T. emblem sure helps get a hitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Thumbs Up | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

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