Word: oneness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Maurice Browne and Robert Nichols address their play about the Shelleyan young physicist who discovers the secret of the atom, and causes an upheaval in the cabinet chamber at 10 Downing Street by his presentation of the consequences thereof. And perhaps in this play more than in most others, one is acutely conscious of the author's difficulties. The time of the play is tomorrow, and certainly any solution but the scientific one of a cosmological problem, and one which seems as valid as this, strikes an excitement-craving audience as a lame solution indeed. But Messrs, Nichols and Browne...
...being a problem play that would not soon be outdated by the quick solution of the problem in the world outside the theatre, turns into a rather good melodrama whose prime fault is that its personal basis in the second and third acts seems woefully insignificant after its cosmic one in the first...
...Theatre Guild has shined up this unusual play with the rare Guild polish, and makes of it definitely one of the better things in the contemporary theatre. It aims higher than anything that has been done recently, and even in falling short of its aim, it still reaches an exhilarating and breath-taking altitude...
...total decrease of twenty-two percent, almost twice that of Yale, may be found one testimonial for sanely-controlled participation in athletics. The bugaboo of the dark ages, the athlete's heart, is fast becoming an asset rather than the serious liability it was once regarded. It would be interesting to read the figures of longevity compiled by the insurance companies twenty five years from now to note what effect the stringent medical examinations, the necessary stimulus to studies, and the emphasis of the Varsity Club dietician would have on the future life of the Harvard sportsman...
Since tonight's hockey game at the Arena with Boston University is not considered one of Harvard's home games, H. A. A. books will not admit undergraduates to the contest. Tickets will be available at the H. A. A. today, however, and can be purchased there up until 5 o'clock this afternoon. Prices range from $.50 to $1.50, many good balcony seats being available at the first price...