Word: skills
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...play the "Benediktbeurer Weihnaohtsspiel," a thirteenth century German miracle play, was translated from the medieval Latin and directed by D.F. Robinson '26, who deserves the highest praise for the skill with which he adopted a rather long piece to the conditions imposed by his stage, the reproduction of the Golden Gate of the Frelberg Cathedral. The grouping, the costumes and the lighting were very effective and the acting excellent throughout. The chants were riven from the balcony by members of the Glee Club...
Stanton who will lead the concert tomorrow night, has had wide experience in both choral and instrumental conducting. As a violinist, he has played under the batons of Mr. Serge Koussevitsky, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Mr. Agide Jacchia. He has shown the experience and skill to evoke the greatest powers from his players...
...Jemmett, a young Englishman known for his foppish habit of dress, his astounding height and his skill in the painting of miniatures, leaped into the seas that pounded over some rocks near Biarritz, and with Raoul Fourquet, lifeguard, lost his life in an attempt to rescue a drowning Englishwoman (TIME, Aug. 3, COMMONWEALTH). Inspired by this exploit, one George Conlon, a native of Frostburg, Md., executed a small marble, "To the Heroes of the Sea," which was put on exhibition last month at the Biarritz Golf Club. A committee, organized by the Mayor of Biarritz, has raised funds to copy...
Certain phenomena recur so regularly and impressively that they become institutions: the Boston Transcript, the equinox, presidential elections, and the Harvard-Yale football game. Just fifty years ago, Harvard and Yale first matched strength and skill against each other on the football field, playing under rules manufactured for the occasion out of the old Rugby game. No one could have foreseen that that game was to initiate the sport, which now sets the whole nation in a frenzy every autumn. Many there are who now believe that the glorification of football has gone too far. But this theoretical question aside...
...semi-finalist clubs who are to compete for the Ames prize today and tomorrow are the Scott Club, the Ellenborough Club, Cooley, and Parke-Warren. Two third-year law students will uphold the legal skill of each club...