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...assistance of Miss Tempest and her company, Mr. Harcourt's play would go limping very sadly on its way. Played as it so ably is in delicious light-comedy vein, it is a very politely enjoyable performance--and for this enjoyment Miss Tempest deserves all credit...
...away the mechanical feeling. "The Shepherd" of W. Willcox '17 is certainly not equal to the other works of this poet, nor does "The Tryst" by W. H. Nes uC. make any valuable addition to an anthology of American poetry. R. Cutler '16, however, proves his capability in the vein of humorous verse by "Why Give Her the Ballot?" This little poem is very much worth while, and the closing couplet is its crowning feature...
...play has, until this revival, never been acted in Boston--a strange fact when one considers the human interest and particularly the humor that it yields in actual performance. The fat Knight and his followers appear in their most amusing vein; the old King presents a moving figure of a dying monarch and father; and his son, Prince Hal, is a most interesting character study of the mind and heart of one who combines humanity and loyalty...
Friends of special interest activities in the University will be glad to note the recrudescence of the Wireless Club. This time the organization has struck a vein of new enthusiasm for radio telegraphy; it has the support of research students at the Cruft Laboratory, is to become a member of the American Radio Relay League, and to do some actual experimental work in the receiving and sending of messages. If successful, the Wireless Club will present a worthy example of what can be done in developing serious interests on undergraduate initiative...
Much of the criticism of Germany in English and American war literature of the past few months is written in such a vein as to leave the impression that the Germany of today is not the real Germany, that it is a perversion of its former self, and that the delivery of the German people from this perverted state and the restoration of the German mind to its earlier and truer type is a demand of humanity, and the real issue of the present war. I have no doubt that most of the persons who hold this view hold...