Word: mock
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mock convention for the nomination of a candidate for president will be held by the Republican College League, in Chicago, April 3. The New England colleges will have 30 votes, representing 8000 members...
...idea is suggested to Argan, the malade imaginaire, that it would be convenient and, above all, a cheap plan to be made a doctor himself. This idea strikes him as a clever one and he desires to be initiated immediately. Thereupon the ceremony takes place, which is full of mock pompousness from beginning to and. The leading figure is the Praeses, or President of the Faculty, a dignified official who, with a sonorous voice, drawls out the Latin formulas. Two other doctors add their opinions in the same manner, and then, the bachelerius, or doctor-elect, makes reply. During these...
Beline, Argan's second wife, assists in deluding him, by her mock anxiety and feigned affection. In reality she hopes for his death, that she may inherit his fortune...
...night car, is to be judge in a mock trial to be held in Lyceum Hall, April 22, for the benefit of the sick fund of the West End Railroad's employes. Tickets can be obtained at Leavitt...
...mock trial, conducted almost entirely by Harvard graduates, will be given under the auspices of the local post of the Grand Army, in Union Hall, March 27. E. B. Hale L. S. '75 will be the presiding judge and W. E. Russell '77 and J. J. Myers '69 will be associate judges. W. A. Bancroft '78 and L. G. Blair '78 will be the lawyer and associate on one side and E. R. Champlin '80 and W. E. Hutchins '79 on the other. A. M. Howe '69 will be clerk of the court...