Word: lovering
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Thompson and L. de Koven, the acting was rather suppressed in the attempt to give the French accent and intonation correctly. E. C. Edson as Leandre, the timid son of the old judge, played his part with great skill and he impersonated the character of the subdued lover very carefully. W. A. Burnham as Isabelle, was well made up and acted the part of the proud daughter of Chicaneau very daintily...
Leif asks aid of Minna, the prophetess, that he may gain the Jarl's consent to his suit. Accordingly Minna tells Magnus that his daughter must marry Leif. Magnus does not dare to thwart the decree of the prophetness and accepts Leif as Sylvia's lover. The Jarl then buys Bjarne's ship and the act closes as Leif sets sail across the Atlantic. Sigurd goes with him, hoping that he can cause the crew to mutiny, kill Leif, and return to win Sylvia...
...decide to put an end to him. The assassin is chosen by lot, and turns out to be Nitro, the leader of the band. Meanwhile Della Croca, while attempting to coerce his daughter, Trivia, into a mercenary marriage, forces her by his violence to run away and join her lover, the secretary of the Dynamiters. These are confident of the success of their conspiracy. But the failure of Nitro's attempt to blow up the king breaks up their plans and forces them into hiding. The news of the outrage, combined with the flight of Trivia, sets the whole town...
...Pontbichet" deserves a good deal of praise for his clever acting in both farces. A. Champollion '02 did some good work in "Un Jeune Homme Presse" and was fairly efficient in the first play. Although W. D. Haviland '02 has a difficult part in "Dardard," the excitable young lover, he fills the role well with very little overacting. The minor parts in "Crispin" were mostly well taken. L. D. Koven '04, especially, was amusing and true to life. The costumes of the men were suitable and good, but the dresses of the women were ill fitting and should be altered...
...Aposties' Creed is praised because it is a statement of facts; but the facts need to be shown as having a spiritual import. The Father must not mean Creator merely, but the Righteous Friend and Lover of men, the source of all beneficence. The position we claim for the Son must not be so much a metaphysical as a moral supremacy. The old creeds, if moral interpretation be given them, even the Athanasian Creed may be used for the support of a moral and social faith. Coming to the Confessions of the Reformation period, we must understand their watchword, "Faith...