Word: gay
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...December 28, 29 and 30 the American Historical Association will hold its wentieth annual meeting in Chicago. Professors A. B. Hart '80, A. C. Coolidge C. H. Haskins and E. F. Gay will attend from Harvard. Professor Gay will read a paper on "The Significance of the Inclosure Movement in England...
...went off with considerable snap and with more smoothness it promises to be the most successful yet given by the club. The characters are grotesquely drawn and provoke hearty laughter in the many amusing situations that arise. D. P. Cook '05, who wrote the book, is fascinating as the gay grass widow and his excellent singing leaves little to be desired. W. W. Fisher '04, as the rollicking farmer, Caleb Sweet, is life-like on account of his peculiar nasal twang. An entirely different part, the hustling showman, is effectively carried by C. P. Whorf '05, as are also...
...interesting Caleb Sweet, leading citizen of the village, and the three selectmen. But by flirtation with Priscilla Sweet, reported by Nehemiah Obadiah Brown, he incurs the jealousy of his wife, Belle Equestria. At this point Nehemiah Brown's guardian, Ikey Ikklehopper, sues for the hand of Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow, and his advances are received to the point of accepting his ring, but no further, for Lucretia's heart is set on Goodbert Swift, a New York lawyer at the village tavern. In the interval, Belle Equestria has plotted her revenge, and carried it out by stealing...
...cast is as follows: I. Will Ketcham, showman, P. Whorf '05 Caleb Sweet, wealthy farmer, W. Fisher '05 Priscilla Sweet, H. LeS. Andrews '06 Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow, D. P. Cook '05 Goodbert Swift, a city lawyer, H. R. Pratt '06 Nehemiah Obadiah Brown, a foolish schoolboy, W. S. Hall '05 Ikey Ikklehopper, the Jew, F. E. Shirk '06 Belle Equestria, the showman's wife, W. M. Jopling '06 Dr. Eza Pill, physician, J. Dignowity '06 John Berry undertaker, F. E. Whitney '06 Rev. Dr. Soule, parson, R. Olmsted '05 The Village Bass, N. B. Wales '05 Country...
...Economics this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in University 23 on "The Elizabethan Patents of Monopoly." Mr. Price is at present an instructor in economics at Tufts College. His paper will present the results of an exhaustive investigation of his subject, which he has carried on with Assistant Professor Gay...