Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...performance of the "Comedy of Errors," in the evening, the deep shadows in the foliage, the faint reflection in the upper branches and, above, the moonlit sky, made a background fit for the "Midsummer Night's Dream"--and one wished for a moment it were to be given. But the "Comedy of Errors" as presented left no regreis. A peculiarly difficult play to act with just enough vigor to emphasize its broad comedy and yet not overdo its farce,--it was given with admirable balance and admirably restrained strength...
William Scollay Whitwell '03, left Cambridge on the night of Thursday, February 26, and has not been definitely heard of since. He wrote a note saying that he was under a temporary fit of mental delusion and, to avoid being a drag on his family and friends, he would commit suicide by jumping off the Fall river boat. The note was received in Cambridge the next day. Thee porter and the newsboy on the boat, however, state that they saw him get off the boat on Friday morning and the baggage agent on the wharf asserts to have seen...
Theodore Gooding '05 was found dead in his room at 47 Dana Chambers early yesterday morning. Death had evidently occurred some hours before from an epileptic fit. Gooding was nineteen years of age and had entered Harvard a year ago last fall from Noble and Greenough's School. The funeral services will be held at 2.30 o'clock Sunday at the Gooding residence, 284 Newbury street, Boston, the Rev. G. A. Gordon, pastor of the Old South Church, officiating. The interment will be at the Walnut Hill cemetery in Brookline...
...meeting of the Natural History Society last night the subject discussed was the White Mountains. Interesting talks were given by Mr. John R. Edmands, of the University Observatory, on "Physical Features which fit the White Mountains for a National Park;" A. S. Pease 1G. on "Some Plants of the Presidential Range," illustrated by Herbarium specimens; and Mr. Glover M. Allen, secretary of the Boston Natural History Society, on "Mammals of the White Mountain Region...
...Natural History Society. Papers: Physical Features which fit the White Mountains for a National Park. (Illustrated.) Mr. J. R. Edmands, Assistant at A. O.-Some Plants of the Presidential Range, Herbarium Specimens. Mr. A. S. Pease 1G.--Mammals of the White Mountain Region, with Specimens. Mr. G. M. Allen 2G. Committee Room of Union...