Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this material the Boston Stock Company seemed, somehow, to move with less than usual skill. Miss Mason as Joan did some excellent work in the scence where she is supposed to be under great nervous strain, but on the whole the acting lacked that sureness of touch which the play demands if it is to be lifted out of the commonplace. The characterization is not subtile, but neither is it obvious; careful handling of the parts is essential to a good effect. As Peter, Miss Goad's voice is much against her, and her portrayal...
...crowded yesterday afternoon, the preliminary bouts of the annual University boxing tournament were run off, eliminating seven men from the finals to be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in Hemenway. Although there were no surprises in the results, several men in the 158-pound class showed unexpected skill...
...dancing and humour there was an ample supply. Valodia Vestoff led the dancers, both in skill and pleasant ability, with Ula Sharon a close second. Never have we seen a more realistic interpretation of an Apache dance, moreover, than that given by Gretchen-Eastman and Donald Kerr. Nor a more complete travesty than the one staged by Joe 'Brown and Gordon Dooley; this pair were the funniest part of the show, and whenever they appeared kept the audience in a continual series of hysterics. Honorable mention should be given as well to Mr. Brown's mouth. As a combination...
...introduction to the Cambridge and Boston public. His "Fall of the House of Usher" was played last year by this orchestra, when he was already well known by his charming "Stevensoniana". We were glad to have another opportunity of hearing the "Waltzes", which are still further proof of his skill at orchestration. They contain a wealth and variety of tone coloring, and clever rhythmic devices which relieve the monotony of the waltz rhythm. In form these waltzes suggest the "Valses Nobles et Sentimentales" of Ravel, where there are seven of contrasting mood and character, and the closing one a resume...
...Mendell and Tad Jones of Yale seem to be on the right track in proposing to limit the power of the most purely professional element, the coaches. Modern football tends to assume the aspect of a contest of skill between two experts who use college boys as their instruments of play instead of chessmen or cards. At Yale they are not talking of keeping the coaches away from the game and letting the players play it for themselves. This would, of course, give an advantage to the older and larger institutions with a longer and sounder athletic tradition...