Word: bowditch
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Natural History Society lectures have now been definitely arranged, and are as follows: March 6, Mr. Justin Winsor, The Earliest Maps of the American Continent; March 13, Dr. Clarence John Blake, The Ear and the Telephone; March 20, Dr. H. P. Bowditch, Physiological Defects of Vision; March 27, Prof. E. C. Pickering, The Distance of the Sun; April 3, Mr. John Fiske, A Common Origin of Languages; April 11, Prof. J. D. Whitney, Is the Earth's Climate changing? April 17, Prof. Alexander Agassiz, Something about Young Fishes. Tickets will be ready in a few weeks...
...Foote, '74, took his place at the piano as accompanist, and soon the curtain arose on "the event of the evening." The operetta of "Cox and Box" was played in one act and ten tableaux, and the dramatis personae were Mr. Reginald Gray, '75, as Cox, Mr. V. Y. Bowditch, '75, as Box, and Mr. S. H. Hooper, '75, as Sergeant Bouncer. These gentlemen sustained their parts very acceptably, and both their singing and acting were well received. The Lullaby Song was rendered by Mr. Bowditch in a particularly happy manner, and was one of the best pieces...
VINCENT YARDLEY BOWDITCH...
...first Theatrical Entertainment for the benefit of the Harvard Boat Club took place at Horticultural Hall last evening. The house was crowded with a most enthusiastic and appreciative audience. The programme consisted of a comedietta, entitled "A Happy Pair," and the burlesque, "William Tell with a Vengeance." Messrs. Bowditch and Shaw, '75, took part in the comedietta, and rendered the witty and sparkling dialogue with unusual vivacity and naturalness. The abrupt change of manner, in both roles, was particularly well done; and the acting of both gentlemen was accompanied with remarkable ease of manner...
VINCENT YARDLEY BOWDITCH...