Word: words
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dramatic methods of expression of the dramatic experiences are reduced, as we know, first of al to words. But the unsatisfactoriness of these methods is evident; we hear more with the eyes than with the ears, and this in my opinion is in the nature of the theatre. There remain gestures, artistically expressive gesticulation, mimicry in the broad sense of the word, the movements expressing our agitations and feelings...
...even this powerful means of communion of the stage with the spectators is limited in its potency. . . In a whole series of dramas, classic as well as modern, the feeling of terror is sometimes suggested to the spectator, not only by word and mimicry, but by the very object of his terror, for instance, the ghost, or some other object of hallucination. The object of the dramatist here is clear; in order that the spectator may have at a given moment nearly the same experience as the acting character, it is necessary that he see the same thing...
...without irritation, occasionally look up an unknown word ; I can worry along with your habit of referring to little-known persons by their vocational epithets - but a reference to Keats as "Poet" John Keats seems an insult to tho intelligence of your readers if not to the fame of one of the world's great spirits...
Harvard men have a curious theory that loud and continual repetition of the name of their institution will excite their athletes to such a degree that nothing can withstand them. The Harvard cheer, therefore, consists of braying repetition of the word "Harvard," mixed with a stammer of rah-rahs. Wretched interference and a missed try for goal discredited cheer and theory in favor of a stout team from Holy Cross. Score: Holy Cross 7; Harvard...
...subject of the organization of your Committee should not be left without a word upon its relation to the University in distinction from the College. Agreements with Yale and Princeton have for some time restricted participation in intercollegiate contests to undergraduates of the College and Engineering School Although the students in the graduate schools are thus excluded from these contests, your Committee desires to express its conviction and its pride that it is a department of the whole University, charged with the responsibility of offering an opportunity for physical exercise and athletics to the whole University and not only...