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...originally chosen, after months of detailed labor, had his work taken from him, and he was made the consulting architect. When he realized that he was not deceived in his suspicion that he was being studiously ignored, he also resigned. His successor, like the apprentice of Michael Scott, the magician of the ironic legend, made a pathetic fiasco relieved only by faint reminiscences of the original design...
...first scene Caliban is revealed as a primitive, groping being, half playful, half savage. Prospero, the magician, undertakes to educate him by showing him the civilizing power of art, especially the great democratic and cooperative art of the drama...
...Union this evening at 9 o'clock. Tickets, at 35 cents each, may be obtained of members of the committee, at Leavitt & Peirce's, the Union, Memorial Hall, and at the door. Ice cream and strawberries will be served free of charge. Entertainment will be provided by a magician, juggler, and a vaudeville quartet from the Boston theatres, who will be accompanied by C. S. Perley '11. After the entertainment L. Withington will speak and plans for the Senior year will be discussed. This will be the last gathering of the class this year and it is hoped that...
Elihu Thomson, prolific in research and invention; a magician who by the witcheraft of science has subdued electricity to the service...
...introduction will treat of the four great authors, Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe and their relations to the "World Literature." Then the legend of Faust will be discussed, beginning with its fore-runners, the old Christian and the medieval legends, and Calderon's "Wonder-working Magician." Some time is to be devoted to the medieval poems and the middle low German dramas. The next chapters will treat of the historical Faust and the popular traditions of the 16th and 17th centuries in international literature. Then will follow a discussion of Marlow's Dr. Faustus and the development of the Faust...