Word: level
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present production is in general up to the level of its other revivals at the hands of the Jewett Company; in some respects it is better, and in a few instances distinctly worse. The parts are on the whole effectively cast--"Kate" was well played by Miss Willard, while Mr. Clive, Mr. Kingsford and Mr. Joy took their old parts with their usual skill. Miss Standing as "Constance Neville" had a hard role and was not always quite at ease...
...addition, there is a comedy sketch in three scenes entitled "After the Ball". In it, Harry Langdon--ably assisted by Rose and Cecil--raises the deportment of a slightly inebriated golfer to the level of first-class comedy. A most commendable restraint is noticeable throughout...
...they seem to be few indeed, who are able to understand why and how the Japanese farmers are working so hard "from dark to dark," and doing so on the tops or slopes of the numerous hills and mountains, some as high as several hundred feet above sea level...
...hoped that the college men will realize that their college education is to be of benefit, not immediately upon graduation, but after a period of apprenticeship, two, three or five years later and thereafter. The man without a college education or its equivalent seldom rises above a limited level; the man with the training, the foundation and practical work can and does rise far above this level. But he must adapt himself to the changed conditions between college and practical work. This drop from the graduation class at college to office boy is greater than that from President...
...whole, one leaves this number of the Advocate with the feeling that the abilities of its writers do not always find subjects worth their metal. In general, as I have said, the level of taste is high, but the standard of production is far from attaining this level. And one is led to the conclusion that with subjects about which they feel deeply, these authors would write something really worth while...