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Indeed zestful, masculine, youthful, and almost gay is the Evans Hamlet. Doubtless a reaction from the involved psychological analyses so commonly foisted upon the original character in recent years, Mr. Evans' interpretation is vigor ous, and comparatively speaking, simple. To the ghost, Hamlet shows a nature capable of passionate hatred; to his uncle, he is actively hostile, not sullen or melancholy; to Polonius, he is flip, humorous; to Ophelia, deeply in love; to his mother, pitiless, scornful. Even when alone, Hamlet the melancholy philosopher is subordinate to Hamlet the emotional youth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 4/12/1939 | See Source »

...ous scoring threat in his Sophomore year. White has been running back punts and kickoffs with his old abandon while Sandy's placekicking and passing have been up to his 1934-35 standard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Team Faces Game Brimming with Confidence | 10/31/1936 | See Source »

...been proposed by the CRIMSON during the last year. For example, an editorial in the CRIMSON for December 6, 1934, stated that probably the best way for a student to learn something about the Houses would be to allow him the privilege of taking several meals in the vari- ous units during the second half-year. . . . If the Freshmen were allowed to take fourteen meals in the Houses, this would give them an opportunity to visit each twice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Allowed 14 Meals in Houses, Decrees Dean Hanford | 2/15/1935 | See Source »

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-Branch Cabell-McBride ($2.50). Letters to vari- ous historical characters, by the now well-known ghostwriter for the late James Branch Cabell. To MY SONS-Harold Bell Wright- Harper ($2). A household word writes his autobiography for his sons, with a few thousand other readers in mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Oct. 22, 1934 | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

Asked which he thought more strem: ous, football or boxing, Sharkey answered. "I think playing football is hardier than boxing, and I was fullback on the Navy team A boxer can run around the ring and then rest, but there's no rest in football Besides college training is stricter than a boxer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Being Knocked Out Is Sweet Says Jack Sharkey, You Collect Your Wits and Money--Gridiron More Strenuous Than Ring | 2/21/1928 | See Source »

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