Word: caste
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...time in its history a play of marked literary value, the Verein is reaching for a higher station in the interpretation of German drama. Such a play entailed more difficulties in staging and costuming than former Verein comedies; but by careful preparation and owing to the presence in the cast of a large number of Germans, they have been successfully surmounted...
...April number of the Harvard Engineering Journal contains the following articles: "Synchronous Motors," Professor C. A. Adams of the Engineering department; "The New York Subway," S. U. Hopkins '97, assistant engineer of the public service commission, New York City; "Testing Flat Cast Iron Plates," by S. Withington '06 and F. R. Pleasanton '06; "The Harvard Engineering Society of New York," H. M. Hale...
...Hall by the Harvard Chapter of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. The success of the play does not hang on the plot, which is slender, but on its unusual scenes, its swift action, its stinging satire and the spirited delineation of character. The performance last night was remarkably smooth, the cast of thirty-four persons being of more than average ability. C. B. Wetherell '08 played Overdo, the pompous justice of the peace, with signal success. H. R. Shipherd '08 was successful throughout in his rendering of Waspe, the long-suffering man servant and brought down the house in the amusing...
...general the the play was wellstaged with careful elaboration of detail and many of the comic effects were admirably executed. The cast, though large, was well handled, and the smoothness of the action showed the result of much careful training...
...plan of supporting the telescope in position is the same as that devised by Dr. Common, but changes have been made in method of observation and mechanism of control. Instead of being mounted on pedestals of cast iron, cement or masonry firmly built into the ground, as most large telescopes are, it rests on a great hollow cylinder immersed in a tank of water. A tank lined with thick walls of solid concrete was first sunk in the ground, and in this receptacle, ballasted with about 10 tons of iron at its lower end, floats the steel cylinder forming...