Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well as his adorers claim; and Ethel Barrymore might take to a juggling act and still leave the universe as a whole undisturbed. But when Al Jolson--the one and only--says, and actually takes the firs steps, that he is going to quit musical comedy for the serious drama, then is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party and for Pro Bono Publicae to write letters to the Times. Mr. Jolson seems to have no conception of the general fitness of things--nor the fact that the stage is already cluttered with...
...eledrly gentleman whose convictions are unpopular for the edification of minds who see in "modernism" ultimate salvation is, at best, a sorry game. And what little Dr. Mather can say to clarify this nebulous issue will possess the inadequacy of forced condensation. The whole affair, in the light of serious and sober thought, cannot appear other than ridiculous...
...chief basis for the new economic imperialism. This raw material is literally the driving force of the mechanical age and any serious international complications of the future are almost certain to arise from a struggle over its possessions. Consequently the announcement made yesterday that a method had been discovered of manufacturing economically gasoline and the heavier oils from lignite, the cheapest form of coal is of the utmost importance for the future of America during the immediately ensuing years...
...first serious indication of the new forces at work among the laboring masses is the Passaic strike. Here the mill-owners have attempted the age old intolerably stupid method of force and terrorism in an attempt to beat back the demand for reform. They have succeeded only in arousing greater determination among the strikers and in attracting nation wide attention to the intolerable conditions among the textile workers...
...CRIMSON essay contest results in any specific constructive suggestion the Governing Board of the Union and the Comptroller-of the University. Mr. A. L. Endicott '94, will give their very serious consideration to such a suggestion as the administrative officers and the Governing Board are anxious to solve the dining question for the best interests of all concerned...