Word: toning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...find plays that will both meet the people's demand for amusement and "uplift" them as well; it should take a greater genius to write them. Yet it can be done. Censorship boards are all very well; but their influence is merely passive. Any real improvement in the tone of the movies must begin at the bottom...
...Stimson '76, Abbott Lawrence Lowell '77, Theodore Roosevelt '80, Curtis Guild '81, and Gardiner Lane '81. The society endeavors to gather together those men in each class who lead in scholastic attainments, and also by the example and activity of this group of scholars to raise the intellectual tone of the whole undergraduate body. The criterion of election is always the candidates; scholarship, the ascertainment of which has come to be undertaken in accordance with a definitely formulated elective system...
...miniature gridiron, along which a colored counter is moved as the telegraph behind the board clicks off the plays hot from the real gridiron. There is also an announcer, who, by way of clarifying the message depicted on the board, reads the wrong telegram in a loud, clear tone...
...course this is no panacea. Some people will not assimilate culture, no matter how much of it you cram down their throats. But it cannot be gainsaid that for most of these youthful workers, a little background will help tone down the foot-loose, devil-may-care attitude which is a danger to society. It will help them to realize that civilization did not all come about by a lucky accident and that they must give at least a little of themselves towards carrying...
...somewhat choleric gentleman, who had with difficulty located his seat in Sanders Theatre last Monday, remarked in a tone that all might hear: "That usher doesn't know what he is doing." The irate gentleman did not exaggerate--the usher knew even less than did the former the location of his seat. He was "catching on" rapidly, but was still entirely dependent on beginner's luck...