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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hammonds. She is as capable, honest, clever and energetic as any person I ever met in the world. The only ones who really want her to leave here are a bunch of fellows who know they can't get everything that's loose, while she is out there in the outer office, keeping watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Oklahoma's Governor | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

Theodore Roosevelt '80 was the first prominent person to advocate preserving the songs and annals of the pioneers, and "The Old Chisholm Trail" was one of his favorites. Speaking of this song, he once said, "It is as deathless and doggerel as 'Yankee Doodle', as epic as the "Odessey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCOUR UNIVERSITY FOR COYOTE'S HOWL | 12/1/1927 | See Source »

...prevalent is the spirit of the west throughout the play that wide canvas of the University is being made to find a westerner who can faithfully imitate the howl of the coyote. If the search is successful, the effective imitator will enjoy the distinction of being the first person to imitate the coyote's howl over the radio, as a rehearsal of scenes five and six, in which the coyote features, will be given this evening over station WNAC...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCOUR UNIVERSITY FOR COYOTE'S HOWL | 12/1/1927 | See Source »

...only person connected with the present production, who is not an undergraduate, is Director Edward Massey '15. Mr. Massey, however, is an ex-officer of the dramatic Club and has directed successful plays at Harvard for the past eight years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCOUR UNIVERSITY FOR COYOTE'S HOWL | 12/1/1927 | See Source »

...effects, but her vitality should win the favour of everyone. Mr. Roberts plays the absurdly romantic husband and self-centered statue of respectability even more ably. His part, however, is much simpler; he undergoes no upheaval and merely gets angry and then weakly desperate. Mr. Sircom, as the revengeful person who starts all the trouble, is impossible. Miss Birkbeck and Mr. Cleugh have succeeded in making themselves quite unnecessary...

Author: By E. P. H., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/30/1927 | See Source »

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