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...programme of the contest will be: Exercises on the horizontal and parallel bars and on the flying rings, side horse vaulting, Indian club swinging and tumbling. Dr. Sargent will act as one of the judges. The men who are retained after this competition will be coached for the intercollegiate contest by Mr. Dohs...
...Society will present for its spring theatricals this year a two-act musical comedietta, "The Campaigners." The book is by B. Taylor '01, the music by F. C. Gulick '00 and J. S. Chipman '01. The cast of the play is much larger than last year's and there is a decided improvement in scenic effects and in situations. The dress-rehearsal will probably come April 9. Public performances will be given in Cambridge the week before the Easter recess, and in Boston, Lynn, Quincy and Newton during the recess...
...Copeland will read in Sever 11 tonight at 8 o'clock. The selections will include passages from Johnson and from Boswell's "Life of Johnson," Goldsmith's "Retaliation," and "Haunch of Venison" and the second act of Sheridan's farce, "The Critic." The reading will be open to members of the University...
...Pudding play for this year is a two act comic opera called "Wytche Hazelle." The music is by H. Tappin '00, and the book is by E. L. Dudley '00 and J. H. Holliday '00. The scenery and costumes have been designed by T. M. Shaw '00. The parts have been temporarily assigned as follows: Milde Cavendishe, ye heade manne of Salem, W. S. McCornick '00. Charitie, hys bouncinge sistere, E.L. Dudley. '00. Symone, hys sonne, R. S. Holland '00. Sir Richard Cranfurde, Jacobite exile, C. N. Prouty. '00. Ladye Hazelle Fairelace, Jacobite exile, R. F. Bolles'00. Ninon, Hazelle...
...first act is laid in Salem in 1692. The second act comprises a scene on Boston Common, another at Keith's and the final one in the town court house. The plot centres about the two Jacobite exiles and their adventures in the New World during the witch craze. Although there are many modern allusions and local hits, the atmosphere and customs of the 17th century are consistently maintained. The play will be given early in May in Cambridge and Boston only...