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...first play, "Gold Eagle Guy" by promising. It has vigor and dramatic power enough, but as an epic it lacks point. Guy Button, skilfully portrayed by J. Edward Bromberg, stands forth in the round, but his character is not of adequate significance to dovetail insaneness of pageantry. The number of minor characters is so bewilderingly large that mention of their respective merit is here impossible. But the "atmosphere" scenes are well and convincively done. The settings, designed by Donald Oenslager, elicited applause that was justly due, and the richness of the costumes bespeaks a rather optimistic attitude toward the play...

Author: By W. L. W., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/15/1934 | See Source »

...agencies must be accompanied by similar reformation of the practices of the criminal prosecutor. This officer has practically sovereign, discretionary power in determining which of the captured criminals shall be prosecuted and how the prosecution shall be managed. He has the dangerous alternative of following up a case with vigor, or allowing it to be deferred and lost in the maze of court routine. Yet this officer remains the puppet of local politicians, subject to their selfish will, and forced by the necessities of reelection to bow to their decisions on the advisability of prosecution in certain cases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLICE AND CRIME | 11/14/1934 | See Source »

Tall, slender, patrician-looking President Bryan, 63, can match his college's ancient traditions, its new vigor. At one of the weekly gatherings in Richmond of his old, proud family, a guest once asked a prim maiden Stewart if she were descended from Scotland's royal family. "On the contrary," replied she, "the Kings of Scotland are descended from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: At Williamsburg | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

...picked. The scholarships carry a stipend of $2,650, which is distributed over the four years of undergraduate study, $850 the first year, and $600 for each succeeding year. Selection for the award is based on literary and scholastic ability, character and moral leadership, and physical soundness and vigor. According to the University release, the most important factor in the selection is the "Individual's promise of future service to scholarship and to public service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP PLAN ALREADY AT YALE | 9/28/1934 | See Source »

This would place vigor in the ranks of the opposition. A definite program is more difficult to suggest, for when a man is taking drugs, the first thing is to break him of the habit. It also demands a leader which so far has seemed impossible. The best that the Republican Party can do today is to keep its form of organization and act with intelligence. However, if it retains its present characteristics, it must justly give way to a third party which will represent the vigorous opposition of youth and intelligence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ELEPHANT SLEEPS | 9/25/1934 | See Source »

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