Word: touche
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...town in the Middle West. A lonely shepherd, Ulrich Michaelis, wanders into a Missouri hamlet, where he heals through faith. How he lost his gift through love of a woman, and how he recovers it, and are told in three acts of increasing dramatic intensity. Though there is a touch of mysticism throughout the play, and the spiritual element is strong, neither is allowed to dominate the dramatic telling of the present-day story...
...acted for the first time on any stage in the Savoy Theatre in New York last Thursday evening by Henry Miller and his company. Throughout the play Mr. Miller contrived to invest the character of the "Faith Healer" with a pathetic dignity and to illumine it with a touch of real imagination. His reading of the many beautiful lines was excellent, and was heard "by a house for the moment hushed and awed by things that were of the spirit...
...policy is not so short-slighted. It is a policy striving for peace, independence, democracy, liberty, and patriotism. And although such qualities sound new for China they have been hers for over 4000 years. They have been dormant for a long time, but are now awakened by the touch of Christian Missions...
...president of the Alumni Association, Mr. Roosevelt will have opportunity to come into very close touch with the graduate organizations all over the country, and with the University itself. He will be called on to preside at the annual spring meeting of the Association and at the exercises on Commencement Day. It is a post of great dignity and of great possibilities for service to Harvard...
...know how to get it; and third, he must know how to write it up in simple, concise form so that it will be of interest to the reading public. In concluding, Mr. Perkins emphasized the excellent training for other professions offered by newspaper work. It brings one in touch with all elements of human society and face to face with the real significance of life...