Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first American production of the very earliest of the English folk comedies. "Gammer Gurton's Needle," is to be presented next fall by Stuart Walker, creater of the Portmanteau Theatre. That Mr. Walker contemplates several performances of this rollicking, jovial, and wholly delightful comedy, brought back from that almost forgotten time of Christ's College, Cambridge (1575), during the coming Portmanteau tour is a matter for congratulation and there will be many who will wish to see it, partly for the memories it will revive and partly for the opportunity to see just what sort of an evening's entertainment...
...coast. In addition to a number of plays by Mr. Walker himself, there will be shown several by Lord Dusany, whose "Night at an Inn" is now the biggest one-act sensation that the New York stage has had for many years. Mr. Walker has secured the exclusive American rights to Dusany's "The Golden Doom," and this play will be an important part of the repertoire. Other interesting plays will be Shakspere's "Love's Labor's Lost," Oscar Wilde's "The Birthday of the Infanta"; "The Golden Ball," by Alice Brown; "Six Games," by Anna Hempstead Branch...
...Special Aid Society for American Preparedness will hold a mass meeting for Plattsburg volunteers in the Boston Opera House Monday evening at 8.30 o'clock. William Cameron Forbes '92, former governor-general of the Philippines, will preside and the following will speak; Governor McCall, Major-General Leonard Wood, M.D. '84, George Wharton Pepper, and Lieutenant-Commander R. D. Evans. The latter is a son of "Fighting Bob" Evans and is in command of the entire naval cruise. No charge will be made for admission. Members of the University are cordially invited...
Commander Frank T. Evans said: "It is most important, in the formative period of life, to acquire the habit of defence of one's country. By accepting the privileges of American citizenship you accept also the responsibility of protecting your country. The time is bound to come when the United States must be ready to defend itself, and you are given the opportunity now to accomplish something concrete. You may not become an admiral, but one man who joins the naval cruise is worth to the Navy a hundred who have not been on board ship...
Joseph Clark Hoppin '93, former professor in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, in "Euthymides and his Fellows," tells of the activities of the vase-painter, Euthymides. The marked individuality of his school has made it possible to identify numerous pieces of pottery, which are described and illustrated by cuts and plates...