Word: heart
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most ambitious story in the number is "Simple Heart," by Arthur Wilson--the tale of a romantic simpleton in a laundry and the undergraduate, not too shadowy to leave an impression of a hopeless cad. The story is told wholly from the girl's point of view; the man seems meant to be what he is, but somehow the tragedy of it all, in spite of some telling bits, fails to make the impression its elements should have commanded. "Do You Remember?"--a fishing story by M.H. Spear--accomplishes more successfully what it set out to do. In "The Silver...
...whole Senior Class appear in their time-honored caps and gowns. To give this venerable custom a good start it is essential first that the officers set the example, and secondly that the rest of the class join with them to usher in the annual custom with a whole heart. If but a few Seniors appear in this unusual costume, they feel conspicuous, if all the Seniors appear in it, they feel almost impressive. After all it is an impressive custom, this wearing of the cap and gown in the last few weeks of undergraduate life, and everyone realizes...
...bill opens with Mr. Abbott's "The Head of the Family," a drab little tragedy of life in a New England farm kitchen. The piece will recall to many certain of the Irish plays. It has a heart-breaking climax, admirably staged, but the action has not made it seem inevitable. No doubt this impression is strengthened by the acting, here the least successful of any of the evening. The characters speak words that attest to their horror, but their aspect conveys no sense of feeling whatever. Mr. Lyding was in manner and appearance admirable as the father...
...safe-breaker to release a child from the bank vault. This he does in a very intense scene, thus disclosing his identify. His enemy, however, wilfully allows him to escape the one touch of unadulterated melodrama in the play and the final curtain sees Valentine and his sweet-heart happy again...
...entire party were literally driven from the hall. Ignorance of the identity of the men does not excuse such a disgraceful procedure which deserves the unmitigated condemnation of all fair minded men; and apologies under such circumstances are weak beyond measure. Let us take this lesson to heart and conduct ourselves here at home so that the stranger within our gates may not be led to misjudge us by such boorish actions...