Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...humorist divided his address into three parts, concerning himself with the literature of the Victorian Age, of the late 19th century, and with modern literature, and described the hero, heroine and general plot which characterized each. In the Victorian period, we knew at the outset of the book that the hero and heroine would be married, and we were satisfied, for that's what we wanted. And when the novel ended with the sweet wedding bells, we were glad we read...
Professor E. C. Moore, a member of the Advisory Committee of Phillips Brooks House Association, will deliver a short address of welcome. Selections on the piano by K. P. Smerage '21 will follow. Reading and recitation by Colonel George Lyon 3G. intervene before Miss Edith Rogers will sing. The bulk of the entertainment will be provided by the magic and ledgerdemain tricks offered by R. B. Farrar...
From there Mr. Leacock will go directly to the Living Room of the Union, where at 8 o'clock he will give a humorous address on "The Literature of Tomorrow," which has been especially prepared for this occasion. Professor C. T. Copeland '82 will introduce the speaker...
...Leacock's address at the Union is the second of the November speeches made here, as on November 13 Hugh Walpole spoke. An interesting program is assured for December and January, since Viscount Grey, British Ambassador to the United States, has promised to come on the 8th of next month and Donald MacMillan, the famous Arctic explorer, is scheduled to appear early in January...
Further detailed plans have not been made as yet, in consideration of the fact that his stay will be very short. He will be in Cambridge only a few hours, and will take the night train for New York directly after his address at the Union...