Word: acte
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will be relieved of the latter office that he may be enabled to devote a larger share of his attention to the duties of the former. Dr. William A. Lamberton, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, who has been for several years Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, will act as Dean of the college, while Dr. William Romaine New-bold will succeed him as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. A new departure also is the appointment of a Vice-Dean from among the younger members of the Faculty, who will be especially in contact with the students...
After the debate there will be a banquet at the New Haven House, at which Thomas Thacher, Yale '71, President of the New York Yale Alumni Association, will act as toastmaster...
...Alcayde is a two-act comic opera of a fairly legitimate order. The book is by George Stephens L. S., and the music by F. E. Barry '97, the authors of last year's play. The librettist has furnished a bright vigorous book. The plot has the merit of being substantial and connected, calling for plenty of lively situations and humorous complications, and giving the characters a wide range of acting, from serio-comic to pure burlesque, without departing from the central interest of the opera. Almost all the songs, dances, and bits of burlesque are closely allied...
...last performance of the '96 Hasty Pudding theatricals was given at the Club House last evening. The hall was crowded, in spite of the threatening weather, with a most enthusiastic audience. From the rising of the curtain on the first act to the end of the play, the most generous applause was given, and all the principals were repeatedly encored. Parker's song in the third act, The Typical Topical Song, especially caught the audience with its local hits, and verse after verse was called...
...specialties in the second act were also very warmly received. Schurz's imitation of Sothern in "The Prisoner of Sunday," a burlesque on the Prisoner of Zenda was very cleverly done and was really an exceptionally good bit of acting...