Word: sketches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Allow me to congratulate you for the interesting biographical sketch of John Hays Hammond in the May 10 issue. How often have we heard his name without any very full knowledge of his extraordinary career...
...Student Employment Office have been approved by the Secretary of the Alumni Association and by the Secretary for Student Employment: Each office will notify the other of men placed and positions filled. Mr. Daly will further notify Miss Mork of men registered at his office giving a sketch of the man and his desired of jobs which are brought to his attention and of standing opening for novices. Miss Mork will also keep Mr. Daly informed of calls for men leaving college, of concerns with standing openings for novices, and of the men who are registered at the Alumni Office...
...most of all, I enjoy your personal glimpses. For instance, after reading your sketch of Mr. Volstead [TiME, March 29, NATIONAL AFFAIRS] I felt that I had met the man and learned just the things that I most wanted to know about...
...Conrad piece is a sea sketch about a wandering son home after 16 years. It is in a mood made familiar by the short sea plays of Eugene O'Neill. And in this case it is by no means stubborn patriotism that encourages the report that the O'Neill plays are considerably superior...
...JUAN?A Play in Three Acts?James Elroy Flecker?Knopf ($2). This bit will be of interest to those who esteem Flecker's genius of the first order, and to whom even an incomplete sketch from his pen is of value. In the first scene of the play there is a shipwreck. The stage in complete darkness, a shrieking wind carries terror to reader or audience; the lights of a pitching steamer appear and on the instant a grinding crash is heard; the lights shudder, become fixed. For a moment only, the moon escapes from heavy clouds to shine...