Word: failings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Professor G. P. Baker '87, Graduate Adviser of the club, approves of the idea, and it is expected that this step will be merely a preliminary to the scheme of affording those candidates who fail to make the club on the acting and producing ends, and opportunity to demonstrate their ability by giving private performances for the benefit of club members only. Temporary double casts have already been partially selected and the active work of rehearsing began yesterday...
...first two stanzas of his "Living Song," but here, as in his "Poplars," there is a falling off at the close. His "Yesterday and Tomorrow" is beyond me. I suppose he means to hint at the kindness of a woman and the unkindness of a man; but I fail to grasp the symbolism...
...Tellegen tries hard in his unfortunate role of Godred and it is not his fault that he does not succeed. He has an attractive personality and dramatic ability, but in this play he is doomed to fail. Miss Olive Tell is miscast as Lady Silchester and the only one of the cast whose merit stands out above the rest is Mr. Sidney Greenstreet, whose characterization of Henry VIII is highly successful...
...Members of the Regimental Committee who are absent without cause from the regular meetings of the Committee, or who, in the opinion of the Committee, fail properly to perform their respective duties, may be fined as the Committee sees fit, or the name of the negligent member may be reported by the Committee, through its chairman, to the Regimental Commander for neglect of duty. Upon the recommendation of the Committee the Regimental Commander may relieve such negligent member from the Committee and direct his company to elect a successor. In this case it shall be incumbent upon the Regimental Commander...
...movement to popularize track athletics at Cornell and to encourage an even larger number of men to come out for the exercise, even if they fail to make the team, has been launched by the Cornell Track Association, with the approval and support of Coach John F. Moakley and faculty members on the Athletic Council. A series of weekly social gatherings for all students interested in outdoor exercise has been arranged. Last year Cornell had four hundred men out for track athletics, and it is expected that fully five hundred men will be enrolled this fall. Only a fraction...