Word: successful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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William Weston and Henry Irving Dale, the new directors of the Pudding show are prominent in Boston theatrical production. They have produced several successful plays both amateur and professional. Louis Silvers, the former director of Pudding shows has been engaged in producing the pictures of Al Jolson. Because of his success in his new work, Silvers was not able to return to produce this year's show of the Club...
...irrelevant with the far-reaching ramifications of the entire House plan, the latter as vulnerable due to the brief existence of the Freshman dormitories and the absolute lack of a Senior monopoly on the Yard dwellings, the paramount argument in opposition to moving the Freshmen is based upon the success of the present system of Freshman dormitories. This success, however, is purely accidental, the dormitories having been built more with an eye for such a plan as Mr. Harkness has made possible in conjunction with a desire to disintegrate the Gold Coast cliques than for any of the less tangible...
...future success of the plan depends, of course, on the use made of its opportunities and the care taken of the loaned pieces, but under careful management it is capable of great and productive expansion...
...second and last acts are considerably better. The camp at Yaphank, Long Island is amusingly portrayed and the usual soldier cracks go off with unexpected success. The scenes "over there" are short, and after being captured in a shell hole, our hero ends up in a German dugout. He is just about to be executed when the Armistice is announced...
Generally speaking it could be quite a lot worse, and yet you won't come away over-enthusiastic. The war theme has lain quiet just long enough for it to be hauled forth with moderate success. But just this once; the next time we'll all walk...