Word: minstrels
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...McLaughlin 2L and C. S. Swan '19 are taking part in a minstrel show which will be given in Dahlgren Hall, E street, South Boston, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. All proceeds will go to "The Little House," a settlement house in the crowded part of Boston...
...difficulty, apparently, in deciding whether to rhyme or not to rhyme. In "Lullaby" he effects a compromise; the result is not so successful as some of his work in freer form. "Loneliness," by Mr. Putnam, purposely lacks definiteness of outline; the setting and the mood are, however, well suggested. "Minstrel," an unsigned sonnet of considerable charm, is simple and, within its limits is satisfying. The number is brought to a conclusion by a sonnet sequence, "In a Time of National Doubt," by Mr. Norris. In spite of several prosy phrases, this work, ranging from the meditative to the stirring...
Besides the various booths, games, music, and dancing, special entertainments are held every afternoon and evening. The program for today includes dances by Miss Aleto, a minstrel skit by Messrs. Scott and Bayrd, an exhibition of fencing by Mrs. Cass's fencing girls, songs by Mr. Morse Wemple, and a play by the Colonial College Stock Company...
...confess our sanction of drunkenness, indecency, lying, disrespectfulness and thieving," writes one correspondent, apropos of the "Beer, Movies, Cigarettes" advertised on the posters of the Sophomore banquet. On the other side, another tells us that "beer . . . changes the yelping minstrel into Caruso," and claims that it is "the only thing that makes a meeting go." Both of these writers are intolerant, and each runs to ridiculous extremes...
...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...