Word: fathers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...acting of three or four of the leading characters made the production a success. The plot centres in a typographical error in which the name "Godard" is printed "Bodard." As both men are candidates for the office of "SousPrefet," much confusion is caused, in which Cecile Boulinard and her father appear. At the eleventh hour, when Bodard's change of winning Cecile depends on his appointment, a telegram from his uncle informs him that he is appointed to another sous-prefecture...
...Charles William Eliot, teacher, administrator, orator, prophet; forty years the leader and guide of Harvard, and in the single-minded elevation of his character a model to her sons; the father of the present American university, the brother of all teachers, and the friend of every lover of his country...
...then returned to the Latin School as teacher. During his two years' service there he spent his spare time in studying for the ministry and in reporting for a newspaper run by his father. In 1842 he entered the ministry. His first pastorate was in Worcester, where he remained until 1856, when he received a call from the South Congregational Church of Boston. Here he stayed as preacher until 1903 when he was appointed chaplain to the Senate...
...final competition last evening for the first and second cups offered by the Speaker's Club for the best original ten-minute speeches on any subject whatever, the first cup was awarded to St. J. Perret '10, who delivered "A Eulogy over the Tomb of Father Turgis, a Chaplain of the Southern Army in the Civil War, on the Occasion of a Reunion of Confederate Veterans." B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 was awarded the second cup for a speech on "Social Life at Harvard." The judges were E. Bernbaum '02, F. W. C. Hersey '99, and A. H. Lyber...
...Horse Thieves," by H. Hagedorn '07, is a tale of the western prairies. Two horse thieves are caught by the sheriff and thrown into jail. The sheriff's daughter falls in love with the younger and threatens if he is killed, to marry an effeminate minister whom her father hates. The sheriff in order to save his daughter from such a marriage allows the two to leave the sate and his daughter to marry the one she loves...