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...difficulty with the "Eldest Son" from the average American view-point perhaps explains why the presentation at the Copley is the "first performance in this country". It is difficult to convince an American audience of the reality of a problem in which deep-rooted and time-rotted caste distinctions loom to such large proportions. This consideration weakens materially whatever of the dramatic is left in Bill's thick voiced, "Good God!", as well as lessening the effect of Lady Cheshire's pronouncement that having different manners is worse than having different souls. Even Studdenham's five and twenty years...
...Mantell's company the audience had a chance to see "Richelieu" produced in a way that could not have differed radically from the first production at Covent Garden in 1839, save in the merits of the acting. Judging from appearances the scenery might have been a treasured heir-loom from the store-house of Macready. The incidental music that was played throughout was a complete hang-over from the first performance. Encouragement may be had, however, from the size--if not the warmth--of the audience which welcomed Mr. Mantell back to Boston...
Like most reformers, forestry associations have been too much inclined to stop at the superficial. Immediate needs and crises loom large and take the attention from the movement as a whole. For instance, bills have been brought into Congress time after time, before that body has been prepared for them by an expression of public opinion sufficient to counteract the pressure brought on legislators by lumber interests. The main reason for the failure of progressive action has been the lack of popular interest...
Four other men loom up as very probable members of the 1924 team, W. E. Crosby, Newton High School captain last year; Parke Cummings, a former Mercersburg tennis man; W. H. Harkness, of three years' experience at Hill; and J. M. Hopkins, an Andover veteran. Of these Crosby, whose playing is of the speedy, hard type, appears the most promising. He is exceptionally fast on his feet and difficult to evade at the net; and he showed both of these qualities last spring in the Interscholastics when he reached the semi-finals only to be put out of the running...
...large field of entrants in the 300-yard dash and the one-mile run, D. F. O'Connell, E. O. Gourdin, C. S. Evans, and B. Wharton '22 loom up as the strongest contenders for places in the dash event, while E. T. Doherty '21, A. J. Fox Unc., and J. G. Winchester '23 have proved to be fast men in the mile. Other men who may place in the 300-yard dash are J. E. Kennedy, C. H. Hawes, and R. D. Howard of the 1923 relay team...