Word: keen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lines," the Craig Prize play, is a satire on popular playwrights. The three scenes which make up the first part are laid on different floors of a typical New York boarding house. The second part is the popular Broadway playwright's telescoping of these three scenes and is a keen satire on some of last winter's New York productions. The experiment of having the scenery and lighting done by the Workshop forces, which proved so successful at the last performances, will be continued...
...student who is undecided about his future vocation. Four undergraduate years, as many more in the professional school, and a subsequent period of hospital service, frighten away the man who requires quick material results. The field is left for those who seek in it life-long service, a keen and wide knowledge of human nature, and opportunity for gratifying scientific interest...
...back in smug complacency and say "my talk is all right," or "it's nobody's business." Collegiate life in general can bear improving. In a university, if anywhere, ideas should creep into the conversation. And the value of talking, when mind meets mind in frank communion and keen interplay, can be compared favorably to text-book study. The undergraduate could learn more of the satisfaction one feels when he can truly say, as Dr. Johnson said (and Stevenson quoted), "Sir, we had a good talk...
...unanimity shown at the meeting tonight, is keen indication that popular sentiment is strongly in favor of absolute clarity in the management of athletics in general, which presages well for the future of sport at New Haven
...ends of last season, Higginbotham, Allen, Church, Wiedemann, and Moseley, were changed around frequently, and there was not much choice between them. Allen, Church and Moseley will be back next year, and with Comerford, the Freshman captain, and Rosener, who was ineligible, there will be plenty of material and keen competition for these positions...