Word: gauls
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Senator Glass argued that in the Depression of 1921-22 the U. S. liquidated the War which had no more to do with the current Depression than "the wars of the Phoenicians or the conquest of Gaul by Caesar." Republican administrations, he declared, encouraged an "orgy of stock speculation" and President Coolidge "figuratively jumped into the stockpit and cheered on the gamblers." Billions of dollars of foreign securities "now practically worthless" were dumped on the U. S. market. The State Department "without sanction of law" usurped the function of passing on these loans and was therefore "implicated" in the disaster...
With a pace and continuity unusual even among the most capable casts, Fay Bainter, Edith Barrett, George Gaul, and George Baxter keep the audience in an almost constant state of sympathetic suspense throughout the whole play. The characters are four temperamental artists plus a philosophical and Machiavellian old butler. We have always thought the lives of such people were an ideal subject for the playwright. To the conventional member of this work-a-day world, their careers and feelings possess a peculiar fascination. An atmosphere of fairy story illusion pervades all action and this atmosphere provides a desired relief both...
Miss Bainter seemed to have the edge in acting honors over Miss Barrett, although our personal favorite was Mr. Gaul. It was one of these affairs where everyone seemed to be having a good time on the stage, a pleasure, we hasten to add, that was equally enjoyed by the audience...
...15OO years ago Valentinian III was Emperor of Rome, Attila the Hun was preparing to invade Gaul...
Howard Abell 1L, A. S. Armstrong, Jr. '32, P. H. Bates '33, J. H. Beard '34, J. T. Blackwell '34, B. B. Buckingham '33, H. M. Daft '34, R. H. Dana '34, J. T. Dennison '34, David Ennis '32, E. H. Fiske '34, Elwood Gaskill 1G, J. H. Gaul '32, W. H. Goodson, Jr. GM. A. L. Gordon...