Word: topically
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When John Kirkland wrote the play back in 1934, its topic was one of importance and even though the critics claimed that it was too sordid to succeed on Broadway, the play caught on and was a sensational sociological drama. Since that time, however, the same topic has received fresher treatment and, at the moment, has lost its significance in the face of greater problems. Yet "Tobacco Road" still hangs on, playing to large audiences who have come mostly to be shocked by the fifth of the play. The present production is aimed just at gratifying this part...
After a meeting of the P.B.H. Freshman Committee last night, Chairman Andrew H. Wright announced that for their annual investigation, the Yardlings had picked the two-fold topic of the orientation of next year's class in the Houses, and the general status of extra-curricular activities during...
There were so many false reports of U.S. reinforcements arriving that Bataan's defenders swapped one cup of coffee for one fresh rumor. Fruits and vegetables were so infrequently on the menu that the No. 1 bull-session topic (lovely women back home) was displaced by elaborate descriptions of meals the men would order once the Jap was driven out of the Philippines...
...added by the remarks by Adam Yarmolinsky '43, who pointed out the difficulties facing the novelist in a time of total war. Not only is he faced by the threat of censorship and the shortage of printing material, but he must also find it impossible to view his topic with the impartiality necessary for valid literary effort...
Representing the CRIMSON at the informal debate yesterday evening was Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. '44, who emphasized that "little is to be gained by haphazard individual complaints," and revealed that the CRIMSON would conduct a poll next week to determine undergraduate views on this topic. "We should not consider the present setup as permanent," he added...