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Dates: during 1930-1939
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WILLIAM March will inevitably be much compared to Faulkner, not only because the scene of his new novel, "Come in at the Door," is laid in the Delta country of the Mississippi, but also because a dark and forbidding pessimism is the net result of a somewhat unreal tale in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 3/20/1934 | See Source »

The other half of the Paramount-Fenway program is "The Last Round-Up," based on Zane Grey's "Border Legion." It would be easy to criticize the plot and the "acting" of the hatchet-faced lass and the Arrow-collar youth who take the leads and whom Paramount Pictures attempt...

Author: By E. W. R., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/17/1934 | See Source »

The present administration is anxious to give the impression that it plays no favorites, that the little fellow and the big fellow are treated alike. But the rule of justice which hitherto has permitted an administrative official to decide whether a case ought or ought not to be criminally prosecuted...

Author: By David Lawrence, | Title: Today in Washington | 3/17/1934 | See Source »

In 1860 Hill was called to the Presidency of Antioch College of Yellow Springs, Ohio, to continue the great work of Horace Mann. This period of only two years is portrayed in the biography by many personal letters from and to the President. His troubles with the financial and sectarian...

Author: By J. M., | Title: CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 3/14/1934 | See Source »

The current number of the "Advocate" gives the impression of earnest effort on the part of the editors and contributors. The impression is advanced by the articles, stories and poems which fill the magazine and is confirmed by a conscientious statement or restatement of the magazine's policy on the...

Author: By W. ELLERY Sedgwick ., | Title: On The Rack | 3/5/1934 | See Source »

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