Word: plays
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Last Command" Emil Jannings plays the role of the Grand Duke Sergius Alexandria, own cousin to the Czar, and commander of the Russian Army. The action of the play takes place near the Russian battle lines in 1917, when the revolution was in process of engulfing the power of the Czar. Jannings plays a heroic figure without any glozing or sentimentality. The Grand Duke, according to our lights, is not an admirable fellow in his daily life. Strike him ever so lightly and you find the Tartar said to lurk in all Russians. He is possessed with high spirits without...
...Freshman sextet will play Andover in the Arena at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The first year men will give Andover one of its best battles of the winter. Undefeated, and having beaten Belmont Hill 12 to 0, St. Mark's 1 to 0, and Milton Academy 3 to 0 recently, the Crimson Freshmen are now approaching the peak of their form in team-play and condition. They are favored to win over the Andover sextet because of the latter's 1 to 1 tie with Belmont...
Whereas soliciting advertisements will be the chief part of the Business candidate's work, performance of routine duties, office work, and getting subscriptions also play a large part in the competition...
Yammering among educational, athletic and apostolic authorities as to whether the football player shall be allowed to play football, a question that enjoys a peculiar frightfulness just after the season, has just had a particularly obnoxious renascence. With the open season a month over, the familiar problem has pushed up the cover of the ashcan, straightened its necktie, shined its shoes on its trouser legs, and strode boldly into the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie Foundation has, by means of intelligence tests (and what a world of blasted hopes and teary smiles is in those...
...changes will be made in the line-up of the team that played last Friday. Early in the week it was doubtful whether either of the two regular forwards, H. T. Wenner '30 and A. W. Slocum '28, would be able to play on account of sprained ankles which have been bothering both of the players. Indication last night, however, were that the injuries would not keep either player from giving a good account of himself in tonight's contest...