Word: ventriloquists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Piane duet by E. C. Henderson '28 and some member not yet chosen. (b)Ventriloquist Act by K. A. Perry...
...Smoker will be T. J. Campbell '12, Coach J. H. Dempsey '28, R. Keith Kane '22 and W. G. Saltonstall '28. A. H. O'Neil '28 will preside and introduce the speakers. Dr. A. W. Wright '17 will lead songs. By way of further entertainment, K. A. Perry '28, ventriloquist extraordinary, will mystify his classmates with examples of his art. An orchestra composed of Freshman talent will play...
...that although the bulk of the text continues to be formally prose, almost the entire spirit of the writing is poetical. The prose spirit scarcely appears except in the reviews, the editorial "Now That Mem is a Memory", and in the extended satire "Logic, or The Evangelical Ventriloquist", notwithstanding the maturity and power of prose narratives by Mr. Smart, Mr. Edmonds, and Mr. Finney. In the editorial on the closing of Memorial Hall, the voice of the Advocate joins the crowd, muttering revolt against the powers that control the university. After administering a sensible old fashioned antidote to the recent...
Frank Gaby, in our humble opinion, takes first place among the comedians of the show with flying honors. The way he says, "Hush! Hush!" is great. And he proves himself before the end of the performance to be no less skillful as a ventriloquist. George Jessel also manages to be a mirth-provoker; when he takes his place with "mommer" in a prominent box and translates a French comedy first into English, and then into Russian for his mother's benefit, he is at his best. Then there is George Hassell. Wherever these three act, the most ordinary piece...
...than it merited, was that of the juggler, Jack Hanley, who two months ago was amusing such patrons of the "Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" as were in a condition to appreciate him. His work with top-hat and "funny sticks" was as entertaining as it was original. Marshal Montgomery, the ventriloquist, also received not a little well-deserved approbation despite the fact that the first part of his sketch was inaudible...