Bombasts Back Stage by Roland Oliver Review
A critical overview of the 1922 novel Bombasts Back Stage noting its largely autobiographical pretensions and lively characterizations. The hero Peter and heroine Marguerite drive a satirical take on theater life from Puritan virtue to Fifth Avenue flapper scenes with a conventional, tidy ending.
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Roland Oliver
New York
Macmillan Company
Peter
B. C
Theatre
Triangle Theatre
Lamb
Helen
Oliver
Hin
Richmond
Publication Masthead and Staff Listing
Published Every Friday Morris J Milner Editor in Chief G Cary White Managing Editor H Robinson Correspondent Louis Humphries Correspondent R W Neathery Jr Correspondent Tone Rk B Cheatham JH M Herman M P Patteson J M Moore David J terman J D Martin M 5 Shockley R Edwards Jone Stnessy Mary Mason i Dorothy Knibb May Rudd Rebecca Brockenbrough Mary Hall Drinkard Thelma Phleger STAFF Members of Southern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Members of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association
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Morris J. Milner
G. Cary White
Rk. B
Cheatham JH
Herman M
P. Patteson J
M. Moore David J
Terman
Dorothy Knibb
May Rudd
Rebecca Brockenbrough
Mary Hall Drinkard Thelma Phleger
Morals of the Modern Flapper and Cake-Eater Debate
A public debate at John Marshall High School auditorium pits a Westhampton College student against a Richmond Baptist minister on modern youth morals. The event, sponsored by the Cooperative Educational Association, aims for reasoned exchange over the flapper and cake-eater image and the so called new freedom, with Westhampton dean support and college officials endorsing dialogue.
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America
John Marshall High School
Co-operative Educational Association
Richmond
Westhampton College
Billy Sunday
Woman’s College
Westhampton
Doctor Mitchell to speak at Lee birthday celebration
Dr. Sr. C. Mitchell of the University of Richmond will be principal speaker at the General Robert E. Lee birthday event on January 19, announced by Turner Ashby Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy. The chapter plans pamphlets in county schools on Lee and Stonewall Jackson and sent a turkey gift to Richmond's Lee Camp Soldiers' Home.
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Sr. C. Mitchell
University of Richmond
Robert E. Lee
Turner Ashby
Daughters of the Confederacy
H. H. Duffey
H. H. Smith
Lee
T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Lee Camp
Richmond
Sophomores Plan Elab orate Reception At Campus Venues
Sophomore class members voted to stage a combined dance bridge party and kitchen party in February at the Hermitage or Country Club. A social committee led by W. K. Carlton is planning the program. Westhampton and Richmond Colleges will attend in a body. The event aims to foster class spirit and break from the old freshmen banquet tradition.
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Hermitage
Country Club
W. K. Carlton
T. J. Williams
G. I. Hagg
J. J. Harmanson
B. Patrick
Westhampton
Richmond
Sophhmore
Memorial honors Steinmetz with $25000 endowment
General Electric sets aside 25000 to fund four Union College scholarships with full tuition and lab fees. Preference goes to sons of GE employees and current GE workers. once filled, Schenectady residents' sons become eligible. The Steinmetz memorial lauds his self made rise and lifelong educational work.
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Charles Protens Steinmetz
General Vlcetrie Company
Union College
General Electric
Schnectady
Steinmetz
Steinmetz Memorial Scholarship Funded Students Named
The article notes the long time leadership in Schenectady city affairs, highlighting a doctor who served as president of the Board and as a professor and department head of electrical engineering at Union College. The Steinmetz Memorial Scholarship will support studies there.
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Tion
Schnectady
General Electric Company
Union College
Steinmetz
Debating Club to Discuss Soviet Recognition Question
Westhampton Debating Club holds a meeting next Monday on the resolution That the United States Shall Recognize the Soviet Government. The event promises unusual interest as the club plans to debate William and Mary College for Women in late February.
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Westhampton Debating Club
United States
William and Mary College
Mission Study Classes Planned at Westhampton College
Preparations are under way for mission study classes at Westhampton College. Five courses will be offered, three on China, the mission field stressed this year by the Missionary Education Board. Faculty members will conduct the sessions and additional courses of interest are available.
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Westhampton College
China
Missionary Education Board
You can't drive a nail with a sponge remark
A sardonic quip and a playful shove to a colleague. the speaker jokes about misusing tools and mocks a failed effort. The line evokes workplace humor and banter between coworkers.
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Watson
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