Word: talents
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conditions and the deliberate, foresighted preparation of men and women for handling specific problems. The task of vocational guidance is at our door. Perhaps no greater work ever confronted a university than that of frankly and consciously organizing its machinery and methods for developing and molding the rich talent of its students and directing it into those branches of public and private service where sober judgment, trained thinking, moderation and capacity for intelligent leadership are essential. This is a service to the students incidentally and to democracy fundamentally...
...stage for "Hamlet" will be modelled upon that constructed in 1893 for the production of Ben Jonson's "Silent Woman," reproduced in 1903 for the performance of "Twelfth Night" by Maude Adams. On account of the elaborateness of the preparations, the talent of the actor, and the impressiveness of the occasion this production of "Hamlet" is the most important event of several years in drama at Harvard...
...John Barrymore, as Falder, reached the highest point he has yet touched in his admirable career. In the scene in his cell, a truly horrible one, he is perhaps seen at his best, for it is a scene requiring rare talent to keep from over-acting. Mr. O. P. Heggie, seen here last as Androcles, excelled as Cokeson in a part which was rather too long drawn out to be highly effective. Miss Nesbitt played the woman, Ruth Honeywill, with just the right touch of sweetness and sorrow...
During this active and honorable career his distinguished talent has been everywhere recognized, and at American and European expositions he is invariably awarded gold medals and honorable mention. The Guild of Craftsmen in London has elected him an honorary member...
...April will be most valuable, for since the beginning of the war, grand opera has not been a paying proposition in Boston. The Metropolitan Company offers not only many operas new to Boston, but a list of artists including Caruso, Scotti, Farrar, Homer, and Gadski that represents the best talent to be found in the country today...