Word: themes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...play which is comedy has long life for its theme. A brief synopsis of it will be given as the open meeting of the Dramatic Club in the faculty of the Union, next Friday at 7 o'clock...
Life in High Prairie-A Novel with a Theme...
Edna Ferber's So Big is an unusually fine novel. A portrait of a boy and his mother, with a finely sketched background of Chicago, and a fundamental theme which shows the development of various attitudes toward the beauty of life-it stands out as unforgettable...
...character sketches in which the drama is of emotions rather than events-is splendid training for the writing of a novel. Compare So Big with Lummox (TIME, Oct. 29). Miss Hurst's book has passages of genius. Analyzed, however, it is a collection of sketches around a single theme. So Big, however, is in no sense a book written by an author wedded to short story technique. It is a fine novel. It moves steadily through its technical parts and its emotion value is strong...
...take of counsel and advice was interrupted by the announcement of a prize. It is a peace prize to be awarded for a 5,000-(or less) word plan. But the plan must be nonpolitical. It must be a plan to promote peace by education. [This was the great theme ot an educational convention in San Francisco last year.] The prize is $25,000. Its giver is Raphael Herman†, of Detroit. Members of the jury of award include: Banker Robinson of Los Angeles, President Jones of the N. E. A., Governor Baxter of Maine, President MacCracken of Vassar, Scientist...