Word: manner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Cercle Francais will give the first performance of its twenty-fifth annual play "La Double Belle-Mere" in Copley Hall, Boston, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The other title of the play "Les surprises du divorce" represents its subject more accurately. In a very charming manner, it deals with the troubles of a temperamental young artist, Henri Duval, in ridding himself of his highly irritating mother-in-law, Madame Bonivard. To this end he sacrifices his wife, Diane, and marrying again, finds out to his extreme dismay, that the widowed father of his new wife, has brought back...
...lent by Dr. D. W. Ross '75. The great religious paintings of the world, whether of the East or of Europe, have more real vitality than any other class of paintings, for they express the deepest and highest ideals of great nations in great periods. The fact that the manner and technique of these masters is not realistic in our sense of the word makes their work more imaginative and more suggestive of the unseen. The Christian religion and the Buddhist both arose in Asia, the birth-place of religions. They then spread to Italy and Germany, and to China...
...Seniors may well be proud of the large vote that was cast yesterday for the selection of class officers. The interest of the Class in the choice of permanent leaders is particularly commendable. To the nominating committee also is due unstinted praise for the manner in which it has performed its duties and for its unusual efforts to arouse interest in the election. Finally to the men selected yesterday the CRIMSON extends its heartiest congratulations, for those chosen after balloting by so large a number of the class are at once the most representative of the candidates and the best...
...victory over him; indeed, at the end of the play, she herself realizes that to overturn a power rooted in the craven nature of the people, is a work of incalculable slowness. Magee, too, is a complex character, in whom sincerity and trickery are mingled in a very natural manner. The story of the struggle between these two, quite apart from its political significance, is interesting. The third act is somewhat slow and preachy, but the others hold the attention by the richness and variety of their incidents...
...Entries will close December 14. At the trials men will be allowed to speak five minutes only, but in the final competition the speeches will be ten minutes in length. In judging these speeches, not only logic and clear presentation of the subject, but also the general knowledge, manner of delivery, and the literary style of the competitor will be considered...