Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Though Art be blind, though History be dumb...
...makeup, with its resemblance to Miss Ethel Barrymore would probably cause that lady exquisite enjoyment, and his acting still more. He imitates female affectations with a fidelity which approaches scholarship. W. P. Blodget '07 as "Ethel" made the prettiest girl of the company, and was especially clever in the dumb show of the "Etiquette" song. W. D. Robbins '08 as "Angela" was a geuine impersonation. His gestures were few and natural, and his singing and dancing was at all times graceful and simple. The "Mrs. Butterworth of C. G. Osborne '07 was a caricature, but one of the funniest caricatures...
Since track work began on January 5, each of the four squads into which the candidates, now 390 in number, are divided, has been following a regular schedule. Practice in hurdling over two bars 10 yards apart is followed by dumb-bell and wand drill and special exercises under Mr. Schrader. The sprinters have for the last week been running the 40-yard dash, which combines practice in starting and in sprinting. The distance men have been running from a mile to two miles...
About 180 men reported for the first track work yesterday. The work for each squad consisted of pulling weights, dumb-bell drill and hurdling, followed by a run on the 130-yard board track on Holmes Field. The sprinters took only a short run; the distance men ran ten laps. Cards were handed in by 33 additional men, bringing the total number of candidates up to 284. Some of these will not be out until after the mid-year examinations because of basketball or other work, but all who can do so should report without delay as little more than...
...gymnastic class, which is conducted by Mr. C. L. Schrader, was held in the Gymnasium. As in former years this class will meet at five o'clock except Saturdays and Sundays and exercises for about an hour under the supervision of the Instructor of Gymnastics. The work consists of dumb-bell, wand, and calisthenic exercises. The advanced class in gymnastics will probably have its first meeting at four o'clock on Monday afternoon, October...