Word: acted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Question: Resolved, That the bounty system as included in the McKinley tariff act should be extended. Best general reference: speech of O'Donnell in Cong. Record 1890, Vol. IX, p. 4433: Paddock in Cong. Record, 1890, Vol. XVIII...
SHENANDOAH.The presentation of "Shenandoah" at the Globe theatre is almost all that could be desired. The second and third acts are decidedly well done; in these acts the patriotic spirit of the drama is well brought out and the scenes are greeted with applause by the audience. The first act seems rather flat, not so much on account of the acting as from the nature of the play. In fact the interest in the drama arises less from the characters presented than from the historical events which are brought to mind. One is more interested in the fact that...
...precisely because he was associated with these men of wider fame that justice was done his memory. On another point Mr. Pellew does not make so strong a case. His attempt to show that the first declaration by the Supreme Court of the unconstitutionality of an act of Congress came in Jay's justiceship is weak; for the court's protest in 1790 was a radically different matter from a constitutional decision. On the whole, however, the author has clearly vindicated his claim that Jay is entitled to the grateful memory of his countrymen...
...compete in the class race, but they will begin rowing immediately under the supervision of some of the old oarsmen. Later in the season scratch races will be held between crews of freshmen chosen by lot. Capt. Perkins will pick out in a few days a temporary captain to act for a few weeks. At the end of that time the candidates will choose a captain whose office will have to be confirmed, however, by the crew as finally picked...
They wrote to representative Alumni asking for their co-operation in the scheme and have received their approval. Mr. Moses Williams, of Brookline, has kindly consented to act as Treasurer, and the venerable George Bancroft, the oldest living graduate of Harvard, heads the list of noted men who will act as Alumni Committee...