Word: fathered
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...acting was fine especially in the third act. Telfair Pemberton and Simon Grude are typical villains, and Ramon's part is well conceived and well played. Though essentially a serious piece there is a vein of humor running through the whole; and Heloise takes charge of her father very gracefully in the first act. The entire play is interesting, though the last act is a little tiresome...
...Bowdoin Prize Dissertation last evening before an audience which comfortably filled Sever 5. The subject was "A Critical Study of the Writings of Matthew Arnold." In opening Mr. Larned gave an interesting sketch of Arnold's life, dwelling particularly on his university days at Oxford under his great father. The speaker then proceeded to a critical estimate of Arnold's works, which he divided into five classes, The writings on English society were first taken up. In them one sees Arnold's critical faculty at its best. Culture was Arnold's god. The Greeks put a great emphasis on knowledge...
Ames has returned to Princeton. He has been absent since the holidays on account of the death of his father...
...misery of the human race. Every good thing done, every improvement in the arts, laws and customs of society, helps to bring about the kingdom of God. The choir sang the following selections: "O, be joyful in the Lord," Steggall; "I will sing unto the Lord," Goss; "O Holy Father...
...piece is "Electra's Invocation." It is part of the melo-drama music written by Mathuet to accompany Leconte de Lisle's powerful condensation and adaptation of aeschylus' Oresteia, "Les Erinnyes." It is played while Electra is reciting her Invocation to the gods, standing by her murdered father's tomb. Yours truly...