Word: quest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...peace analyze one of the most important wars of modern history. The speaker is Professor Sidney B. Fay, and the war in question is the Franco-Prussian of 1870. The War of 1870 was the starting point of Professor Fay's researches when he began his long and arduous quest for the real origins of the World War. That he has succeeded in untangling many of the intricate threads of diplomacy, as a result of these researches, no historian can deny, and that he has published his findings in a history as thrilling as a novel, nearly every student...
...Lombardi, Qualvolutta trascorrere and Attila, Te sol quest anima by Soprano Elisabeth Rethberg, Tenor Beniamino Gigli, Basso Ezio Pinza (Victor, $2.50)- A famed Metropolitan line-up sings early, rarely-heard Verdi...
...University Film Foundation, will be released later in the month. The first of these, entitled, "Citizenship," shows the interdependence of civilization in general, how agriculturalists depend upon manufacturers, cities upon the farmer, and vice versa. The second, "Rice's Amazon," is an all-talking picture featuring the quest for the source of the Amazon River, under the guidance of Hamilton Rice, a well-known traveller and explorer...
...inexhaustible mental library. His interest was professional, not queasy, for he was Wilford H. ("Captain Billy") Fawcett, founder and publisher of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. He and his wife .Annette were bound for Manila, thence for Australia and New Zealand, China and Japan in quest of big game. That they can and do often make such trips is testimony to the rich success of Publisher Fawcett's simple plan: to harness the smoking-room story and make it work for him. Further testimony is the fact that Fawcett magazines (all monthly) now number twelve. Publisher Fawcett returned...
Maryalice Cobb, a Radcliffe graduate, will portray "The Lady," whose quest of a cure for boredom provides the unusual and diverting plot. Marie Haas, Radcliffe '31, and Barbara Wertheim, Radcliffe '33, have been assigned the remaining feminine roles. Both have been active in Idler productions...