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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deal of vague talk about a hypothetical New York State political situation, in which the forces of Cynthia Hope's (Helen Gahagan's) grandfather, a die-hard Republican out to smash a pack of radical cubs at the polls, are lined up against the faction of Frederick Holden (Ben Smith), who thinks grandfather and his allies are sociological contemporaries of the brontosaurus. A lazy neutral, Actor Webb twits grandfather's associates by inquiring if they think it quite sanitary, not to change their convictions more than twice a year. For the lower orders he has no more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 26, 1936 | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

...Assured by F. W. Dodge Corp.'s Researcher Thomas Steele Holden that U. S. building construction in 1936 will be 50 or 60% greater than last year, members of the U. S. Building & Loan League, in convention at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria, made what, for them, was a fine concession to Public Housing. They nodded righteous approval to a report which suggested: "If a substantial number of families cannot pay an economic rent, we recommend that the Government extend rent relief or rent subsidy, rather than follow the course of building and permanently renting to a group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Downtown | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

Continuing the investigation of speech disorders started by Professor Frederick C. Packard '20 two years ago, the first meeting of the Speech Clinic took place Wednesday night in Holden Chapel. Seven members attended this session and a few prospective members. Professor Packard will also be glad to consult with any others who wish to avail themselves of the course's opportunities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPEECH CLINIC RENEWS WORK UNDER PACKARD | 10/16/1936 | See Source »

That cows frequented the shade of the college buildings as late as the end of the 18th century is clear from paintings of Harvard, Hollis, and Massachusetts Halls, and Holden Chapel, made in 1784 by Jonathan Fisher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contented Cows Grazing in the Yard, and Early College Buildings Shown in Widener Exhibition | 9/29/1936 | See Source »

...actors, much the same as the people they represent, are parading their talents before an oblivious world. But all are compotent, and some are good. Jack F. Ryder, in the rule of the above Ken Holden, has to appear, as the acts progress, grumpy, elsted, and placidly drunk, and does brilliantly in all except the first. One cannot help wishing the reclaimed actors well, and feeling that here at least is not boondoggling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 9/26/1936 | See Source »

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