Word: antiquarian
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Henry Herbert Edes, "New England antiquarian and annalist, accurate reproducer of a reverenced past...
...interested in Greek and Roman antiquities will be held in Beck 25 on Monday, to form a numismatic society. The object of the organization is to get some idea of Greek art as shown in the coins. The subject will be studied from an artistic standpoint rather than an antiquarian one, and all phases of ancient art and antiquities will be considered. Several members of the Faculty will lend their active support and prominent men will later be invited to speak. All men interested are urged to attend the first meeting...
...Representatives in 1883, of the State Senate in the year 1885-6, and trustee of the Worcester Insane Hospital for ten years until 1898. He had been a member of the State Library Commission, of the State Board of Charities, of the Massachusetts Historical Society and of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester; of the Lancaster Town Library and Committee, and of the G. A. R. During the Civil War he was adjutant and captain of the 55th Illinois volunteers. He was professor of ancient languages at the Phillips Exeter Academy from 1853 to 1955. As an author...
...excellent chorus work which is characteristic of the whole play. The Moon Song, the Bathing Suit Song, and the Chinaman's Automobileing are also especially worthy of mention. The best acting was done by J. C. Miler 2L., as Sthu Pld, the Chinaman; R. Wellman '03, as the antiquarian, and C. P. Whorf '05, as Eben Roger, the American farmer...
...Chinese dialect, although he fails to speak loud enough at times. I. T. Cutter, as the Rajah of Mandalay, does what is perhaps the most laughable work in the performance. The best handling of a part, however, is that of R. Wellman '03, who impersonates John Class, the antiquarian. The part is the most difficult in the play and it is rendered with a cleverness which is enhanced by a distinct enunciation. If one especial fault is to be found with the other principals, it is an inattention to the matter of enunciation...