Word: acted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...politics must be one who is well versed in the facts of government. Under the present system is it easier for a man to be dishonest than honest; thus a new system is needed by which instead of making it difficult to be honest, a stimulus is added to act honestly...
...setting for the first act is in a Swiss village. The story is of a pretty New York heiress, whose father is determined that she shall marry a title. Marjorie Grumble is engaged to Philip Hathaway, a college man; but old Mr. Grumble objects very seriously to the match because he wishes his daughter to marry a man with a title. He accordingly whisks her off to Europe, with her Aunt Maria and a colored maid. They are followed by Hathaway and two of his college friends, Billie Burt and Bertie Bill, disguised as wandering minstrels. Hathaway and his friends...
...scene of the second act is laid in Paris. Mr. Grumble is busily engaged in the pursuit of an impecunious French nobleman, Count de Castleless, when Hathaway arrives. Disguising himself as the Count, Philip manages to get an interview with Marjorie. On the same day he receives a message that his uncle in England has died and left him his title and fortune, being without a direct heir...
...position appears when it calls the plant, bought with the borrowed money, a gift to the Corporation. Legally it is the property of the University, but only for the reason that the Dining Association is not empowered to hold property in its own name. What is in reality an act of courtesy on the part of the Corporation is misconstrued by the Illustrated Magazine as "fleecing and extortion." As a matter of fact the full use of the plant is enjoyed by the Dining Association precisely as if it were its own property...
...just how much this appointment means, and whether or not it is in accordance with the recommendation of the Joint Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports, advising the Athletic Committee "to secure the services of some man who can give his entire time to the work, to act as Graduate Manager and as administrative officer." At present Mr. Garcelon's duties are by no means inclusive, but whether or not he will become such an officer depends upon future developments. We welcome his official connection with Harvard athletics in general, for we know that whatever he undertakes it will...