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...number is to be praised. Cover, style of type, and particularly the twisted reproduction of stock phrases known to readers of "Popular Mcchanies," live up to the best standards of other Lampoon burlesques. As to the material itself, although no one is likely to find here a newly uncovered vein of humor, no one with preconceived opinions as to what the Lampoon may be expected to offer, will be disappointed. Some clever drawing, some clever writing, faithful adherence to well-worn themes for jesting all these are found in their due proportions. Best of all these is the imagination...
Although in the past it has been the traditional policy to perform only the works of the great masters, the Pierian Sodality has in accordance with the modern demand for "pep" added to its program representative music of a lighter vein. The playing of symphonies will, of course, be continued; but at the same time music of the better musical-comedy style will be given...
...godmother, who has just reproached her for indifference toward the attention of a cousin. This is followed by an avowal to her uncle, the Cardinal Merance, and leads directly to the climax in the meeting of Pierre de Lancrey and Primerose. The play is written in a heavier vein than the authors' other works, as it ends in a denouement of great pathos and emotion...
Take "Le Malade Imaginaire" from the theatre of Moliere or any other play on the wiles of the hypochondriac. Tap the vein of comedy that ran through "The Molluse' of blessed memory. Add a smattering from the lore of the psychoanalyst. Stir violently and you will have the deft, original and uncommonly entertaining piece which, under the clumsy and inept title of "Mamma's Affair," arrived last evening at the reopened Little Theatre...
...Dramatic Club poster competition, have unanimously accepted the design of Nathaniel Choate '22 of Framingham Centre as the winning poster. The design is a striking masque which suggests the change in the type of play offered by the club this year, the production being in a considerably lighter vein than heretofore. The poster will be on view within a week...