Word: shakespearianism
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...Manhattan arrived from Deauville one Joseph Morrison, brother of Morris Morrison, Shakespearian actor, his passage paid by Al Jolson, comedian. On the boat Mr. Morrison, penniless, had frolicked. Now he called into his stateroom the ship's men who had served him, told them that he had no money. "But wait," he cried, opening his trunk. . . . His steward received a tuxedo, his "boots" every cravat except one. He gave every shirt except the one on his back to the bottle-boy, and the waiter was rewarded with a pair of cufflinks...
...recent editorial the CRIMSON suggested that there did lurk certain fanaticism in the statement issued by the Association of Professors. Though football is not America's "most healthful and wholesome exercise" it is not the primrose path to any Shakespearian hades. And certain members present at the meeting of the Association who firmly admire football in its proper place have reminded inquisitive Cantabridgians that they did not sign the report and that it was merely the tentative plan of a group there present...
...fact is that one can find among the 44,000 living Harvard men, individuals of every conceivable type and tendency. They are of all degrees of intellectuality, high and low. We know some of them whose English will never incur criticism by reason of its Shakespearian qualities. Harvard graduates, like those of other universities, run the whole gamut of civilized mankind. We have never seen any real indication that one type predominates over a thousand others. The typical Harvard man and the Harvard manner are both of them a myth. Some day, we hope, the public imagination will forget...
...pleasing evidences of this revival is the growing popularity of Shakespeare. Perhaps, since I have played in the Shakespearian drama more than, any other, the wish is father to the thought, but other actors have noticed the same fact...
...most interesting volume is the facsimile of an original Shakespearian book of the first edition. The original, which was printed in 1623, is owned by the Library but will not be on display. Two Elizabethan editions and a photo-lithographic copy of the first folio of 1623 will, also be on exhibition. This collection is shown in connection with the lecture on "Shakespeare" to be given by Professor Kittredge on Wednesday...