Word: absenting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Absents" depicts the disorder into which a well-regulated household is thrown by the arrival of a beloved nephew who has long been absent...
Professor G. P. Baker '87, of the Department of English, plans to be absent from Cambridge during the period of the mid-year examinations to deliver a series of lectures on dramatic literature and play writing. According to his provisional itinerary, he will lecture at the following cities: New Orleans, Galveston, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, Indianapolis, Buffalo and Philadelphia...
...story of "Les Absents" depicts the disorders which a well regulated house-hold is thrown into by the arrival of a long absent and beloved newhew. The author, Alphonse Daudet, displays in this play the same vivacious style and close observation shown in "Tartarin". The last comedy, "Permettez Madame," tells of the obstacles thrown in the way of two lovers, who, hindered by the obstinacy of their respective guardians, finally succeed in arranging their wedding. The situations in this play give a good idea of Labiches's prolific imagination, animation, and unceasing gaiety...
...President Lowell will be absent from Cambridge over the following Sunday, December 31, President and Mrs. Lowell regret that they cannot receive students on that afternoon...
...University men outplayed their opponents in nearly every department of the game and especially in the forward line. Here, although Captain Byng was absent, their superiority in speed and skill was marked. Two of the University's goals were scored by Murdoch and the other three by Greene, Locke and Needham respectively...