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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subtle metamorphosis has come to pass since 1914. Not often or loudly, nowadays, is the House of Morgan called sinister or arrogant. Among men generally credited with helping this change is Thomas William Lament, who became a Morgan partner in 1911. But even more credit has gone to Dwight Whitney Morrow...
...with strange confusion. O'Neill again resorts to the "aside," which he revived for Strange Interlude, and, at times, to the stark staccato of the new school. These make for cloudiness but the play frequently transcends its uncertainty with moments of eerie suspense. And the dia log is often shot through with a fine fire of poetry. It is played against elemental backgrounds designed by Lee Simonson which do much to soften its rough edges...
Sister Evangeline Booth also was there. She had often toyed with the idea of being herself elected General. But when the Council elected Commissioner Higgins she was not disappointed. Indeed, she said, "I am almost intoxicated with...
...once said: "I got on famously with Prince Edward until I put that piece of ice down his neck. ... I liked Oscar Wilde a great deal, but he got a bit tiresome, coming around so often. . . . Once, after I had gone to bed, I heard a great deal of clatter downstairs, and my husband came up. 'My dear,' he said, 'if you must have those wretched poets sleeping around the place, can't you have them sleep in the garden? This is the third time I have stumbled over one of them.' " She once quoted...
...unfold the advantages of the plans they are submitting. The surgeon in his clinic is called upon more frequently to discourse while operating. In every profession public speaking ability has come to the fore as a primary need. Progress is the result of action, and one must often be able to speak well before others will act, or allow him to act. The Boylston and Lee Wade Competition furnishes a trial of this practical ability...