Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the Socialistic and notorious Harvard students circulates the rumour that on the day of the Army game the Stadium will see a demonstration against war, the Army, and West Point. Whether the demonstration will be vocal or pictorial or consist merely of the presence of the notorious students in the Stadium could not be learned at a late hour last night...
...acting, a most vital factor in the success of a performance depending so little on its setting and embellishments, is thoroughly competent and convincing. Claude Allister in particular gives a marvelously deft rendering of the English nobleman who lost his senses through shell shock during the war. Charles McNaughton, as the supposedly dead Tommy, also does a very capable piece of work...
Orpheum--"She Goes to War" (Boardman). Rainbow Revelries...
...individual stands out preeminent in moulding world feeling about war. It is Erich Maria Remarque, author of "All Quiet on the Western Front." His novel is not pleasant reading. His theme is the horrors of war, the total futility of the conflict, and its deadening effect open a whole generation which can never forget the nightmares of the war years...
...such a widespread impression or worked so profoundly for the cause of peace. In eight brief months, it has become a classic. Long since translated into English and French, it is now being published in twenty-four languages, so that those who have fought may recall the horrors of war, and that those who belong to the new generations may be forewarned...