Word: backed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...laid in the Plymouth Colony in Pilgrim times. The plot is based on the adventures of two young Americans, John Beacon Winton, of Boston, and James McGraw, of "Anywhere." In the prologue Winton boasts of his "Mayflower" descent. By means of a wishing stone, the two men are transported back to 1620 at Plymouth, and meet their own ancestors, face to face. Winston finds that his forefather, of whom he has been boasting, is a common porter and an "undesirable citizen." He is shocked, and attempts to make out his own destiny by disguising his ancestor and introducing...
...true identity of the pseudo-governor is discovered, and he goes back to his old occupation of porter; and finds his affinity in a German maid of Priscilla's. The Americans are seized, as implicated in the hoax, and they try to return to 1908, but lose the charm. Matters are looking very dark for them, when the scene suddenly changes and they wake up to find themselves back in Boston...
...Nicodemus, a coachman. While driving his master to a country house he neglects to apply the brakes to the carriage on a steep hill, resulting in the wreck of the carriage and the great discomfort of the occupants. His master discharges the coachman forthwith, without paying him some $462 back wages. He sends Nicodemus to M. Corneta, a debtor of his, however, with a letter recommending him to hire Nicodemus, to pay the coachman his $462 back wages, and to be sure and give him 462 blows for good measure. Corneta accordingly calls Andres and Carlos, and instructs them...
...were not for these outside people the lecturer or the musicians would have but a slender audience. We are 10th to admit this. For we believe that many a student is kept away because he has learned by experience that it is scarcely worth while to take a back seat in a lecture, no matter how interesting, when every day he hears others without inconvenience. But we would not for a moment intimate that we advocate the exclusion of the public from lectures and concerts in University halls. On the contrary, we would welcome them most cordially. Nevertheless the CRIMSON...
...menu cover designs were awarded to G. Williams '11 for the front page and E. B. Greene '11 for the back page. The song competition is still undecided. 1911 DINNER COMMITTEE...