Project Gutenberg 2005-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 309 Lashin, Orrie Hastings, Milo 1884 1957 Spain, Dan Hastings, Milo Milton Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton) Class of '29 Produced by Roger Taft, RogerTaft_AT_Cox.Net, grandson of Milo Hastings, and Jim Tinsley. "Class of '29" by Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings is a play in three acts written in the late 1930s. The story revolves around a group of Harvard graduates facing the dire realities of the Great Depression, grappling with unemployment, love, and societal expectations. The central characters include Ken Holden, an aspiring architect struggling to find work, and his love interest, Laura Stevens, as well as their friends Tippy, Ted, and Martin, each representing various responses to the pressures of their economic situation. At the start of the play, we are introduced to the living conditions and interactions of Ken, Ted, and Tippy in their shared basement apartment. The three young men are engaged in light banter, oscillating between hope and despair while discussing their failures to secure employment post-graduation. Tensions arise as they confront their financial struggles and the influence of societal attitudes on their ambitions, with hints of conflict between friendship and personal pride, particularly regarding Ted's dependency on Kate, who supports him financially. The dynamic among the characters sets the stage for deeper explorations of their individual paths amid the challenges posed by the economic climate of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American drama -- 20th century Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama College graduates -- Drama PS Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: American Literature Category: History - Modern (1750+) 181213 2025-08-07T09:53:05.119628 text/html 176998 2020-12-12T21:51:53 text/html 303376 2025-08-07T09:53:12.360567 application/epub+zip 305137 2025-08-07T09:53:07.993625 application/epub+zip 129218 2025-08-07T09:53:06.600629 application/epub+zip 1013103 2025-08-07T09:53:15.162558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 996412 2025-08-07T09:53:11.352604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210167 2022-09-08T09:02:56.978052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 158896 2025-08-07T09:53:04.157152 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158716 2020-12-12T21:51:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 4435524 2005-11-15T18:15:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 20439 2025-08-07T09:53:15.333568 application/rdf+xml 11136 2025-08-07T09:53:07.106611 image/jpeg 3087 2025-08-07T09:53:06.851610 image/jpeg 232888 2020-12-12T21:51:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 60819 2020-12-12T21:51:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 304920 2025-08-07T09:53:05.145627 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia