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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very widespread resolution, is in itself a mighty tribute to Armistice Day and the ideals for which it stands. It shows progress and a basic improvement in the philosophy of mankind. It demonstrates that regardless of present war machines, youth is distinctly restless under Mars' long domination. This new type of youth may not shout and cheer and sing anthems on Armistice Day. But rather it murmurs prayerfully and with conviction, "Let it be no more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMISTICE DAY: AN EVOLUTION OF IDEALS | 11/12/1937 | See Source »

...choosing this type of program, the Student Union follows a precedent successfully established last year when almost 100 students attended a similarly planned meeting, at which the same subjects were discussed and also under Faculty guidance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Union Planning Series of Discussions on Problems of World Peace | 11/10/1937 | See Source »

...imagination. Six nights in very week the CRIMSON Building becomes the scene of a persis- tant and unabated race against time, of the ceaseless struggle of the night editor to plan the composition of his paper, to supervise the writing of copy and head-lines, and to fit the type in the chases before the deadline is reached...

Author: By Stephen V. N. powelson, | Title: EDITOR OF CRIMSON OUTLINES DUTIES OF STAFF MEMBERS | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

...course the stage is Ed's preference as a dramatic medium. And comedians are his favorite type of actors; comedy is the highest form of acting, so he says, for it's much harder to make an audience laugh than to make it cry or to thrill it. About the cleanliness of humor. Ed was serious, and leaned forward intently as he stated his views. "There's no achievement in making an audience laugh with a dirty or risque joke, because that joke depends merely upon its vulgar inferences. The true comedian, in my humble opinion...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Ed Wynn Advocates Clean Humor and "Philosophy of a Fool" . . . Giggles Way to Peace in "Hooray for What?" | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

Unlike most comedians today, Ed Wynn writes a lot of his own lines. As a "student and analyzer" of humor he has developed his giggle, his high voice, his lisp. The show puts Ed's type of humor in effective contrast with the serious undercurrent of anti-war sentiment. On the one hand, in one act, a score of dazzling chorines dance gracefully with their backs always to the audience. They wear sweeping, transparent costumes. The music plays on, the dance becomes more graceful, the rhythm and movement speed up; finally the climax of the dance is reached and suddenly...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Ed Wynn Advocates Clean Humor and "Philosophy of a Fool" . . . Giggles Way to Peace in "Hooray for What?" | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

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