Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...John Kendrick Bangs last night delivered a humorous lecture on "Salubrities I Have Met," before a large and enthusiastic audience that filled the Living Room of the Union and that was kept in a state of continuous laughter...
...regret that I noticed certain signs of irreverent laughter when I alluded to the word 'smartness.' I have no message to deliver, but if I had a message to deliver to a university which I love, to the young men who have the future of their country to mold, I would say with all the force at my command: Do not be smart. If I were not a doctor of this university with a deep interest in its discipline, and if I did not hold the strongest views on that reprehensible form of amusement known as 'rushing,' I would...
...fair game for his mates; but though the species is known, the sketch leaves the reader wondering whether this particular individual ever existed. Mr. Powel's "Influence of the Comic Opera" is a clever skit, the humor of which would move even the Serious-Minded Student to laughter...
...challenge him to duel, and his laughing submission when he finally sees that the joke is on him were realistically performed. M. H. Woolman sC. made a capital Don Ramon, successfully taking the audience into his confidence when he turned the joke on Don Narciso, and indulged in unrestrained laughter...
...indeed the production indicated that the Verein is likely this year to surpass all previous efforts. The play was carried through without a break and with increasing action and spirit. The choice of the play is particularly happy. The plot is clear cut and the situations productive of uproarious laughter...