Word: duke
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...dialogue and atmosphere that almost make the play seem high comedy instead of very superior farce. It has little body, to be sure, but it has a light touch in the writing and many amusing turns of situation. Miss Bates plays the part of an American who marries the Duke of Moreland while on a trip to England. As the duke, most excellently played by Bruce McRae, has been of a lively temperament, there is a pretty little French girl to bid goodbye to after the ceremony, and his new wife catches him in the process of giving...
...Board of Overseers has accepted the sum of $20,000, the gift of the Duke and Duchess of Arcos in memory of their brother Woodbury Lowery '75. The terms of the gift make the entire sum a perpetual fund, the income of which is to be awarded year by year to a person, preferably a graduate or instructor of Harvard College, to enable him to carry on research among historical archives, preferably those relating to American history in the archives of foreign countries, and more particularly in Spain...
Worcester High School.--Stroke, Jacques; 7, McGauley; 6, Lougley; 5, Smith; 4, Bullard; 3, Brule; 2, Munger; bow, Thayer; cox., Duke...
Worcester High School crew.--Stroke, Jacques; 7, McGauley; 6, Lougley; 5, Smith; 4, Bullard; 3, Brule; 2, Munger; bow, Thayer; cox., Duke...
...When the Duke of Wellington became Chancellor of Oxford he expressed regret at being forced into contact with so many literary men; and for the same reason I feel in an uncomfortable position. I shall now become serious despite the fact that when a speech loses its humor, as Dr. Gordon said, it becomes immoral...