Word: rapidness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Last night, "The Stymie" was presented before an audience of 400 graduates. The production was successful in every particular, well composed, well managed, well played. This year's production is a lilting, laughing musical comedy. The music does not predominate, the book being the more pretentious. The action is rapid, centering around the hero of a "game of golluf...
Since the work is more rapid than in term-time, it is possible to make the courses full equivalents of the University "half-course" of the academic year, to which they strictly correspond in standard. Nearly all the courses may be counted for the degree of A.B. or S.B., provided, however, that the student obtains a grade of C, or higher...
...made stale so many of the lines which originally delighted an audience that the comedy must be played fast, with skillful pointing of the lines and some building up by action to make places weak for a modern audience produce their old effect. There was too much over-rapid speech with slowness on cues. The cast should act not merely while speaking but steadily, keeping well within the picture. The actors should let themselves go enjoy the fun of the play and thus make the audience enjoy it. In the last scene...
...Rapid progress is being made in the work on the new Stadium bridge. The piles are all driven for the two centre supports, and the sheathing of boards is nearly in place, ready to receive the cement. Some delay has been caused in driving the piles for the end supports, on account of the necessity of sheathing the banks of the river to prevent them from caving in. The work of cementing on the two centre supports, however, will probably begin a week from Monday...
That this organization is to be of permanent service is evident from its rapid growth and acquisition of a home in the Union. As was announced several weeks ago, the old assembly room has been fitted up in excellent style and will serve as a clubroom for the Federation. With a compact organization and its own headquarters, the Federation has the elements of strength and permanence, and that its work will be extensive and influential is certain...