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...committee has planned a series of smokers for this year in which it is hoped to have the entertainment supplied by members of the class of 1916 as far as possible. These entertainments will consist of minstrel shows, amateur nights,-musical comedies, and any other forms which can be devised. In order to facilitate the choice of actors, cards will be placed on the different tables in the Union on the night of the smoker, and everyone is requested to designate the particular branch of entertaining in which he desires to take part...
...construction of the Iliad, it rarely can disclose faults in the style; for there is nothing more striking about the poem than the uniformity of splendor in which it was written. In some manner a great Homeric style was built up which could be reproduced by the ordinary minstrel without effort, provided he had been trained along that line. In the works of these ancient minstrels we are brought face to face with something more august than mere individual genius...
...current number of the Monthly contains the following: "Class Unity," by G. Emerson '08; "The Backsliding of Sister Pettibone," by H. H. Harbour '06; "Love's Laughter," by J. H. Wheelock '08: "My Lady's Minstrel," by H. Hagedorn 07: "The Fourth Wise Man," by R. M. Arkush '07; "Nil Desperandum," by H. A. Bellows '06: "Gower," by C. T. Ryder '06; "An Intemperance Story," by J. L. Price '07; Editorials: Record: Book Notices...
...supposedly witty sayings which proceed from those figures. The verse is on the whole successful and certain short squibs are the redeeming feature of this issue, but a hasty perusal of the By the Way column, incites one to praying for at least temporary relief from this semi-monthly minstrel show, which to use an expression similar to many we have seen there, had better be left...
PRIMROSE AND WEST'S MINSTRELS AT THE PARK THEATRE.- Primrose and West's Minstrels will follow "Chimmie Fadden" at the Park Theatre a week from next Monday. This year the company is composed of an organization of blacks and whites, each and every one said to be an artist of unusual excellence. Two distinct organizations rolled into one make the most gigantic organization of minstrel talent ever heard or dreamed of. Three military bands, one a pickaninny band of unusual merit under the able directorship of a European Conductor is an especial feature. All are uniformed in the most extravagant...