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...Bert Haines Howard Hart '38, Clark Hodder '25, Dr. Ralph J. Joplin, Harold Johnson '04, Victor O. Jones, Austen Lake, Henry Lamar, Arthur Lane, '27, Myles Lane, Frank O. Lunden, James F. McRac, John McDonald, Dr. Frank W. Marrin '10. Jaakko Mikkola. Fred Mirchell, Webster J. Morse, Robert R. Muir, Henry Myerson...
When the swimming squad abandoned the special exercise room yesterday afternoon, where for two months it has labored under the sadistic direction of coaches Ulan and Muir, it found few of the distractions which hitherto have haunted its informal practices in the pool. The hordes of frolicsome, long-haired youths had been banished; and there was the immediate prospect that the terrifying waves which were dashing against the sides of the tank might be shortly stilled. Lane markers, similar to those used in the Intercollegiate here last year, are calculated to subdue the mightiest billow that the most energetic candidate...
With Three Cities Sholem Asch displayed an ability to create a broad social panorama, drew a comprehensive picture of Jewish life in Warsaw and Moscow at the time of the Russian Revolution. Mottke the Thief, excellently translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, reveals a fresh aspect of Sholem Asch's talent, tells a lively, picturesque tale of a Jewish vagabond who bounded among the pillars and posts of pre-War Polish society. Before Mottke was born his jealous mother had thrown a bottle of vitriol on his father, burning the flesh off his face. In return, the father married...
...Orchids To You" turned out to be one of those average pictures which barely make the average. Its amusing moments were supplied by Charles Butter-worth who is never daunted by the material with which he is supplied. While Jean Muir deserved congratulations upon every count for finding the right man in John Boles, one could never bring himself to extend the congratulations...
...mostly against a fancy background of flowers. Orchids to You is more engaging than it sounds, not only because the dialog is swift or because cactus-faced Charles Butterworth bounds in & out to utter countless inanities, but because Jean Muir knows better than most of her contemporaries how to indicate unrequited love without resorting to breast-expansion or weeping on an embroidered chaise longue. The picture's smart decor changes abruptly and briefly when, to prove that hard-working Lawyer Boles knows how to relax, an Easter scene at an orphan asylum is injected, wherein Boles, dressed...