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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With its handsomely equipped School of Dramatic Arts, or its McCarter Theatre, Yale and Princeton must look towards their Cambridge crony with pity. Harvard still inclines to a tradition of "pure" liberal arts, devoid of much practical application. But long ago colleges realized each subject can grow only in its own medium, that to write drama for an English composition course--and yet keep it divorced from the stage--is like reading chemistry without carrying on laboratory experiments. Playwrights like Sidney Howard, Eugene O'Neill and Philip Barry thrived under Professor Baker because the workshop tested their lines through informal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GATEWAY TO BROADWAY | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...women voted for Hucy Long, and were the strongest faction behind James J. Walker, and thought Mr. Harding was a fine president, and backed Big Bill Thompson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...gaunt chateau in France, the back-wash of the French theatre take refuge as the years creep up on them, creasing their faces and withering their voices. There they sit, listening to the echoes of long-dead applause, hoping "their public" will call them back to the boards. Not very attractive material, but the French don't seem to worry about the superficial aesthetics of their pictures. They just brush up some sure-fire actors, plaster them with depressing make-up, and let the cameras grind. In the really good French films, they create an aesthetic standard all their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Scoring once early in the game, the Elis made their second touchdown in the closing minutes of play when Smith intercepted a long pass thrown by Jitbug White and returned it for a touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VANDERBILT BEATS BELLBOYS | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

This victory gave Captain Jack Calhoun's eleven a successful season of only two defeats in a long and hard schedule...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Defeat Yale Booters, 1-0 | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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