Word: acted
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...play is Higgins, the servant of Dr. Clyde, who, by reading his master's medical books at odd moments, imagines that he knows everything about the theory of medicine, and only needs practice. He accordingly undertakes to prescribe for a patient in the doctor's absence. The acting is quite good, Warren, of course, leading with his assumption of Higgins. Mr. Burrows, as Dr. Clyde, and Mrs. Vincent, as his wife, are both good; we have rarely seen Mrs. Vincent act so quietly. Mr. Wilson makes the most out of the character of Mr. Meeker, but that is not much...
...FRESHMAN recently attended Pinafore, and left in hot haste at the beginning of the second act, for fear that the doors of the domitories might be locked before he got home! (Fact...
...posting of a list of Commencement parts in an order "which means nothing" is an unfortunate act on the part of the authorities. Far from meaning nothing, this perverted order means a great deal. Men are congratulated by their friends on standing in the first ten, who are really, perhaps, not in the first twenty; and faithful students who were elected into the first eight of the &t;. B. K. have the mortification of knowing that their friends believe that they have somehow deteriorated in their work, and lost their position. In former years the list has had the names...
...have yet to learn what there is about the auditorium of Appleton Chapel that so effectually robs men of their voices. Surely, after so many statements, it cannot have failed to be understood by all that the choir was formed simply and solely to act as lead for the others in the singing; that it sings in unison, so that all who attend prayers may join with it in unisonous singing, which is easy and effective; and that tunes are selected which (for the most part, at least) lie within range of all voices. It is absurd to suppose that...
...WATSON has been coaching the Crew nearly every day this week. He will probably act as coach at New London...