Word: idolization
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...noisy and meaningless spatting of his hands and a reluctance to let go of his consonants. F. M. Gunther '07 proved himself worthy of the better acting chance furnished in the burlesque, "The Goirl of the Golden Pest," by his not too emphatic satire of the matinee idol. It was a piece of mock heroics all the funnier for being in restraint. The palm for genuine acting, however, must go to the player of a subordinate part. H. E. Widener '07 as Abadiah Butterworth," the self-made man, was the thing itself. He stayed in his part, and he never...
...Cutting said that since the time of Roman law and supremacy, which have been the source of many of our forms of government, and since the period of the Athenian Democracy, which has served as an idol, though lacking the positive qualities of our modern government, the development of the State government over social conditions has gradually increase. Nowadays New York provides nurses and doctors for the public schools to look after the health of the children in order that they may not be handicapped in becoming good citizens; and when New York City builds new wharves, a second story...
...plot, by P. L. Coonley '03, is founded on a superstition of India which demands that any ruler who allows an idol of Buddha to be injured must be deposed to appease...
...throne. No sooner have the rajah and people retired than Punjab himself, now a wandering sailor who is unaware of his royal rights, abruptly enters and is shortly accosted by John Cass, an antiquarian and phrenologist from the British Museum. Cass tells Punjab that the right ear of the idol is the key to the kingdom, so together they break it off, and each takes half. Sthu Pid, the Chinese guardian of the idol, at once discovers the theft, and greatly frightened, is about to make s search, when he is interrupted by the arrival of Eben Roger, the Mayor...
...cast follows: The Rajah of Mandalay, I. T. Cutter '03 Sthu Pid, Guardian of the Idol, J. C. Miller 2L Punjab, a Sailor, T. A. Whidden '05 John Cass, an Antiquarian, R. Wellman '03 Eben Roger, Mayor of Unity, Maine, C. P. Whorf '05 Captain Kahn, of the Rajah's Guard, R. c. Paige '03 Kahran Kehoorbad, a Hindoo Priest, C. Dill '04 Princess Gara, Daughter of the Rajah, A. S. Proudfoot '03 Lily Roger, Daughter of Eben Roger, G. H. Wise '03 Sue Brett, Her Maid, D. P. Cook...