Word: idea
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trade in quack medicines, enchantments and fortune telling. Chartley had incurred the displeasure of the Wise-Woman, and she on learning from the supposed boy that the he was to wed Luce at her house on the next day, planned to repay him for his insults. She conceived the idea of disguising the page as a woman and marrying him to Chartley, giving at the game time Luce, the goldsmith's daughter, to Boyster. The following morning the masked wedding was cleverly carried out by the Wise-Woman, who sent each person away in a fright before the masks were...
...Association has in press and will issue next week two new short courses on the life and teaching of Christ, which are to be made the basis of a new plan of study and discussion of moral and religious questions by small groups of men in the dormitories. This idea was applied with great success at a number of other colleges last year, particularly at Cornell, Michigan, Yale and at West Point, where more than half of the corps entered the classes...
...past week at Yale has been taken up for the most part with preparations for the Junior Promenade, which takes place this evening. An idea which was put into practice for the first time this year was that of having the annual French play on Saturday night before the Prom instead of in the fall term. Two farces; "L'Avocat Pathelin" and "Le Baron de Fourchevif," were successfully rendered by the French Club...
...Charles E. Coxe '92S, has presented the University with twelve copper cups of unusual value. These are to be known as the Willisbrook Competitive Cups and will be awarded to the winners of various events in a series of indoor track meets. Mr. Coxe's idea was to stimulate interest in track work during the hard period of winter training...
...been proposed to build the stadium in the form of a wide arc, and if this idea is fulfilled, the arc will probably contain about 25,000 seats. Bleachers holding 10,000 or 15,000 more, will be run out along the side lines. Such an arc would make it possible to use the same field for both baseball and football games...