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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Society will present for its theatricals this year a three-act comic opera, "The Viking." The book is by T. Stensland 3L., and the music by J. A. Loud '98. This is the first three-act opera that the Society has ever presented...
...plot deals with the adventures of Leif Ericsson in his voyage to North America in the year 1000. The first act is laid Norway in that year. Biarna returns from his trip to the westward and his vivid description of the strange, new region he has seen causes Leif to set sail on a similar voyage of discovery. History is followed exactly and the costumes, designed by the Norwegian artist Born, are true to the life of that period in Norway...
...second act shows the Vikings as they land on the coast of North America. The crew of the ship mutinies at the instigation of the villian and the vessel sails away, leaving Leif and his confidant, Turka, drugged and asleep. The two Norsemen do not awaken until the spring of 1901, when the third act is supposed to occur. The scene for this act is laid on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, near the Leif Ericcson statue...
Explanatory lectures on the regions visited will be given from time to time by the leader of the excursion, who will also act as guide on the Labrador coast where he spent the summer of 1900. It is expected that in Greenland and Iceland, specialists on the geology and physical geography of these countries will lead the party. Wherever possible the attempt will be made to increase the stock of existing information concerning the three regions. It is desirable, though not necessary, that applicants for membership in the party possess at least an elementary knowledge of geology. Citizens of other...
...Delta Upsilon Society will present for its spring theatricals this year. "The Elder Brother," a five act Elizabethan Comedy written by John Fletcher. The dates of the performances have not been fully decided, but they will occur some time in April...