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...walk from Dunster to New Lecture or from Eliot to Sever will soon be numbing the digits to the point where, for the first ten minutes of the hour, they can make no fountain pen do their bidding. Maneuverability is even lower for the wayfarer who, by dogsled or other means, has made the long trek from the tundras of Concord or Lexington...
There is some question as to exactly what the purpose of a "repertory theatre" is. Some have claimed it to be of an experimental nature, to assemble a collection of rare plays and good actors and maintain a fountain from which will pour a variety of dramatic experiences not available at your neighborhood theatre. Others explain the aim of a repertory company as the staging of classic vehicles, well-known, well-read, but seldom seen--such as this company has done in "Henry VIII" and will do with "John Gabriel Borkman." The actual merit of the production is secondary...
...Freshmen wandered into Widener Reading Room the other day with that wistful, fervent look about them. They looked properly impressed as they surveyed a roomful of early birds grinding away on their first-week assignments, with nothing but the sweep of fountain pens, and the whispered requests at the reference desk disturbing the sepulchral atmosphere...
Those who feel that 1917 saw zenith of recorded jazz will be pleased to hear that a member of the original Dixieland Jazz Band, one Tony Spargo (ne Sparbaro) has drunk the fountain of youth and gleaned strength enough therefrom to make another record. The anachronistic session took place under the auspices of the Swan Record Company and the songs "Sister Kate" and "I'll Never Be The Same" were played. Supported by another refugee from the mothballs, Phil Napolean, a cornetist who used to tootle feebly with Miff Mole and the rest of the Memphis Five, Tony whistles, sings...
...thought. In the small hours, after a long halt at a nightclub table, a couple of male acquaintances had taken to scuffling over the question of whether to go to bed early or late. Miss Hodge stepped into it and shortly was pushed into one of the fanciest ornamental fountain pools in all Saratoga...