Word: russianize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have a European policy we must henceforth take account of Russia" declares the semi-official French paper, Le Temps, swallowing all of its Russian editorials for the last five years. When in need of a friend, the French can forget, or at least overlook, much. That Czarists' debts were disregarded and France deserted in the war are not subjects to be mentioned when fear of Germany is dominant. Any move to strengthen "the national position" will be acceptable to the French. Especially the business interests are clamoring for complete reconciliation, arguing that trade relations are essential...
...Conte Feerique" of Rimsky-Korsakoff is lovely--but in the same way that all of this Russian's work is lovely. There are frequent reminiscences of "Scheherazade", and there seemed to be throughout strangely familiar harmonic, melodic, and even instrumental sequences, as in the throwing of a figure from trombone to trumpet, thence to piccolo, followed by a string development...
...first public presentation in America, the play is of special interest because of the brilliant success of Andreyev's "He Who Gets Slapped" as produced last season by the New York Theatre Guild. The new play bears the same stamp of merciless, sardonic humor in a thoroughly Russian vein, such as distinguished the other play. It is a drama of five scenes and a prologue...
Three thousand volumes of extremely valuable Russian books, including the first important historical sets since the Revolution in Russia, are also being added to the Library, most of which were collected by Professor A. C. Coolidge '87, Director of Widener, during his stay in Moscow. Included in the collection are some extremely rare and learned works, such as the reports of the Russian Archeographical and Archeological Commission, and these will be valuable to advanced students in the University. Books of a lighter vein, some illustrated by Russian artists of the new school; Bolshevist periodicals, many of literary and scholarly merit...
...University of Kazan has presented 100 volumes on scholarly subjects, entirely in Russian. Such material is difficult to procure now, for the Bolshevist government has requisitioned all that it could find of the older writings which are of the most value to the scholar. These books date back to the time of Napoleon...