Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...found dull. In French and German, for instance, the introductory course deals with the grammatical foundations of the language; the later courses are concerned for the most part, with literature. Those departments, therefore, should be thought of as dealing, like English, with literature, which cannot, of course, be reached except by wading through a certain amount of grammar...
...should also notice that of these fields of concentration all except those in the various sciences and in Mathematics require a general examination, failure to pass which will cost a man his degree even though he has passed all of his courses, and that in all fields in which the general examination is required, a tutor is provided to give advice in choosing courses and in planning reading in preparation for the general examination...
Rowing is progressing rapidly at Yale this year, with Coach Leader supervising personally the four boats which comprise the first squad at present. Lineups thus far are tentative, although practically every experienced oarsman except the veteran Prudhomme is included in one of the first two boats...
...acts which appeared in Boston last year. Two of these--"Katinka", and "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"--were thrown in as pseudo-encores; the third, "Siciliana", was a puppet show burlesque of Italian grand opera, with more scenery and less archness than formerly. Balieff dominated everything except the audience, although he put up a stiff fight for the possession of this domain also. He looked as though he were very much the worse for America...
...Criticism, nowadays, doesn't mean too much. No actor can please all the critics. But I'll venture that if all American critics were brought to one performance of my play, I could please 90 per cent of them. Most actors, however, don't read criticisms for any reason except that they are vain, and the critic praises them because it makes his job more pleasant than censure would...