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...Friday last we were seeking Charlottesville by automobile. Or more specifically we sought Culpeper, a focal point en route. So we hailed a passing rebel. "Man," he said, toying with his curly locks, "ah reckon you're in the wrong state." Five miles later we came to Culpeper...
Altogether the English setting seems to be a mistake. Aside from the injection of a few Anglicisms and British accents, the play is more American than anything else. The focal point of the second act, a supposedly immoral letter, does not seem so terribly bad, and the author's obvious switch to English codes to support the validity of his characters' moral motivations, is a transparent device. Nor can the portrayels of intense emotion be palmed off as peculiarly English; they are poorly directed, and evoke very little. Sometimes they are ludicrous, and that adds to the evening's total...
Conditioning remains on the the focal points of this week's work-outs, since Coach Dick Harlow will not be able to rest his first-string aggregation against Boston University as he did last week against the Green Terrors...
...strong element in the Legion says things are going to be different this year. The position of National Commander, usually filled unanimously by a hand-picked candidate, is to be the focal point of a wide open free-for-all. If the rebellious group is able to "un-can" the convention and make a bid for the top post, it may open the way for making the Legion a really democratic organization, a development which would be salutary for both the Legion and the nation...
...time of his retirement, Professor Pound became the focal point of a flood of congratulations and good wishes mixed with regret at the loss of his figure from the American legal scene. By wire and mail and phone the 76-year old giant got his due from the top minds in American government...