Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Last evening "Twelfth Night" was produced in Sanders Theatre, in the Elizabethan manner, with a cast headed by Miss Maude Adams. The same scenery was used that gave the Harvard production of "Hamlet" its unique and historic charm. As far as possible Sanders Theatre was transformed to reproduce the Globe, the Fortune, or some other theatre of Shakespeare's time, the boxes being occupied by "gallants" in the costume of the period...
...much to expect of Cornell that a finished crew could be put into the race after the changes which had been made only a short time ago and, in fact, it was the worst Cornell crew that the University crew has ever rowed. However, it is more the manner in which the University crew rowed the race than the victory over their rivals that is gratifying. They showed great adaptability in the rough water, as well in the rigging of the boat as in their oarsmanship, and the physical condition of the men was all that could be desired...
Three bodies of men are now called upon to state their beliefs and do their best to reach a satisfactory agreement. The undergraduates are already organized; they have come together and, in as quiet and dignified a manner as they were able, to have agreed in a large majority upon a common view and a common aim. They have offered their own remedy, and are about to send it to the Faculty, in the hope that that body will be satisfied in substituting...
...contributions. Professor Edwin F. Gay, Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration, sets forth tersely but very comprehensively the purpose, policy, and anticipated achievements of this new and notable addition to the University's agencies of public service. Dr. D. A. Sargent discusses in an interesting and profitable manner the evolution of modern methods in testing physical strength for purposes of scientific comparison; Mr. Theodore Nance, a Boston newspaper man, contributes some very pointed and effective advice to college men who aspire to become journalists; and there are several other features quite as deserving of favorable notice...
...people really expect of a man in political life. The only thing that induced him to enter politics, he remarked, was that the machine said he could not win; in the same way many apparently one-sided issues, when left to the people, are decided in a wholly unexpected manner. Sincere and helpful criticism of men and institutions with which the young politician comes in contact, an inflexible maintenance of his word, come what may, and an attitude towards the people while not too cordial and familiar, yet open-minded and careful of their interests, are some of the most...