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...falsely. A brave regularity in an unpopular position is always an admirable thing, but Mr. Shaw has made it inspiring and pleasant also. He may be, as Lenin said "a good man fallen among Fabians," but he is certainly not as Mr. McCabe once charged so ineptly "quite as entertainer." For to entertain merely is far beneath Mr. Shaw's dignity; he has written entertainingly because he is an entertaining man, and knows full well that "the opposite of 'funny' is not 'serious,' it is simply 'not funny,' and nothing else...
Vitangelo Moscarda, young married man of the town of Richieri, could afford to entertain ideas: his banker-father had left him controlling interest in the bank, with no responsibility beyond signing an occasional paper. His young wife and he loved each other, lived comfortably; but was he content? He was not. His wife called him Gengé and thought him a dear silly fellow. Townsfolk called him "the usurer." When he tried to catch a glimpse of himself as he really was, he found- nothing. The more he brooded over his undiscoverable identity the more despairing he became. Finally...
...ventures in the shade. Between the acts it was embarrassingly difficult to distinguish between the genuine debs in the audience and the members of the chorus who were wandering around the halls. A piano specialty was perfectly executed, but more familiar selections might be suggested as more likely to entertain. A scene "Design for Living," haunted by the spirit of Noel Coward, was good enough to be enlarged upon. A. D. Cadman '35 contributed a brilliant bit as safari...
...Some entertain the opinion that House tradition should grow, like a fungus, unseen till it burst forth in all its prime and splendor. But whether this is true, or whether some other line of attack is better, it seems certain that the end cannot be attained by Bulletins and the like. They are an approach far too obvious for the modern taste; they consume valuable time, and are close to uselessness...
Beginning Tuesday, Radcliffe's Tutorial House, on Appian Way, will be open from 7.30 until 11.30 o'clock every evening for the benefit of students who wish to entertain callers. On Saturday, every Radcliffe student received a small yellow card, and a letter, part of which follows...