Word: typing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spite of these advantages, however, there are several criticisms. In the first place, "all these admirable tendencies not infrequently go to far. The words 'new' and 'progressive' are charms in America." For example, the latest type of examination in American colleges is a long list of questions to be answered merely by "yes" or "no". "It is like saying, if you have an idea, please don't express...
...Wright, James Smith C 21, on or before Saturday, April 15. Two or three verses should be written. The words and music may be composed by one man independently or in collaboration with another man. The competition is open to all Freshmen. Further information as to the type of song desired may be obtained from the 1923 Red Book or from Mr. Wright...
...hydraulic stage should be carefully distinguished from the revolving stage which has been used in American theatres. This type enables a rapid shift of scenery, but the number of scenes can not be any greater than usual without making, the stage too small. It is impossible to get any effect except the usual level surface...
...eclectic taste. That fault of the day in American dram is the lack of standards a play being considered for its business qualifications rather than its art. The solution Professor Baker feels lies with more and more producers with a purpose beyond more money making; producers of the type of Winthrop Ames. Arthur Hopkins, and the Theatre Guild...
...audience cannot be educated through the medium of better plays alone. They have first to be educated to appreciate the better plays when they see them. Experiments on the professional stage are bound to be costly and often failures. It is through University cent5res of the 47 Workshop type that experiments can best be tried out, and if successful developed on the stage Unless gone about in some way such as this, attempts to raise the level of the American drama will be on the whole no more successful than attempting to raise one's self by one's boot...