Word: authority
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Kuhnemann is Rector of the Royal Prussian Academy at Posen, Germany, that is to say, he occupies a position similar to that of an American university president. He is the author of the most significant complete biography of Schiller, and his reputation as an inspiring orator has been confirmed by people who have heard him speak in New York, Chicago and other large cities of this country...
...first performance of "Marlowe," given last evening in the Elizabeth Cary Agassiz House at Radcliffe, was enthusiastically received. Professor Baker and Miss Sever were called before the curtain by hearty and prolonged applause, and Miss Josephine Preston Peabody, the author, also responded after repeated calls...
...next year is "L'Amour Medecin," an amusing three act comedy in prose, with a lively ballet at the end of each act. It was written by Moliere in 1665 and acted by his troupe within five days after Louis XIV ordered it written. It is called by the author "un petit impromptu," but is delightful in its variety and dash. Unlike many classics, it depends for success largely on the acting. The fifteen parts are short and brisk, and seven of them are very comic, especially those of the doctors who are made to caricature so vividly the ignorance...
Candidates for the Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize in poetry must hand in their poems at University 5 before 5 o'clock this afternoon. The prize, which is offered for the first time this year, consists of $100 and a specially designed medal. It will be awarded to the author of the best original English poem of 40 to 60 lines in length, written on one of the following topics: The Balkans, The Immigrant, Harvard College, The Strike-breaker, The New Japan, Charles Russell Lowell. The further conditions governing the competition can be found in the issue of the CRIMSON...
...Woods is an authority upon social settlement work. He has studied the conditions in various cities and was at one time connected with Toynbee Hall, London. He has been a member of the Public Bath Commission of Boston for the past eight years, and lecturer upon practical philanthropy at the Cambridge Episcopal Theological Seminary since 1896. During the past winter he has given a course on "Civic Problems" at Phillips Brooks House. Mr. Woods is the author of "English Social Movements," "The City Wilderness," and "The Making of Americans...