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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...three sets on display consist of a backyard scene in a 'tenement district of Greenwich Village, a view of Union Square as Don Passos sees it, and a tableau curtain very similar to that used in the "Chauve Souris." Color and lighting run, riot in these sets and obtain a startling effect of ordered disorder. In addition to the sets, there is on display a mask designed by I. M. Simon '27, a member of the club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB DISPLAYS NEW SETS BY DOS PASSOS | 5/1/1925 | See Source »

Failing to obtain George Arliss or Godfrey Tearle for Caesar, the Guild chose Lionel Atwill. His magnificent presence enhanced the role's potentialities; his heavy humor and his cloudy diction deadened them. Helen Hayes, though very lovely and expert, was occasionally caught in her inexhaustible supply of cuteness. Helen Westley, veteran of many a Guild production, seemed to lack entirely the sinister severity of Ftatateeta. The best performance was contributed by Henry Travers as Britannus. The production was magnificent and the new theatre certainly the finest, the most comfortable and the most beautiful in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Apr. 27, 1925 | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

...already been mailed. On these cards a list of the courses which he intends to take next year will be given by each student. In the case of starred courses, which require the consent of the instructor, it is now expected that for the first time all men will obtain such consent this Spring before returning their study cards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW SYSTEM TO SIMPLIFY REGISTRATION NEXT FALL | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

...impossible to obtain consent to enter starred courses this year, owing to the absence of the instructor, it will be permissible to wait until Fall. It will be possible to make any desired changes in the study card next fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW SYSTEM TO SIMPLIFY REGISTRATION NEXT FALL | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

...than ten years were were required to complete the order. When it was finished, however, the Crown Princess was unable to take over the present and had it deposited for safe-keeping in the vaults of the Deutsche Bank. A few weeks ago, the ex-Crown Princess tried to obtain possession of the present, but the matter was referred to the Berlin Council which, last week, split violently on whether the silverware should be handed over to the ex-Crown Princess, as the Monarchists wished, or be given to the Public Museum, as the Republicans wished. Nothing was decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News Notes, Apr. 20, 1925 | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

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