Word: mr
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Turning from the discussion of socialism as a whole, Mr. Clews spoke of that particular branch of socialistic program known as municipal ownership. In the United States the political system is so different from that of other nations that socialism is precluded. All has been accomplished by the individual effort of her citizens. Socialism would mean unlimited graft and corruption in our polities...
...Mr. Edgar H. Wells '97, Secretary for Appointments, and general secretary of the Alumni Association, left Cambridge last night for new York, whence he will sail this afternoon on board the "Adriatic" for Europe. Stopping for a short time in London, he will continue by boat to Cairo, Egypt, and from there will journey for some distance up the Nile valley. On the return trip he will stop in Paris, and probably will spend several days further in London. The trip is intended primarily as a vacation for Mr. Wells. He is expected to return to the University about...
When readers who were familiar with Mr. Percy MacKaye's "tragedy of the ludicrous" heard that the Harvard Dramatic Club had undertaken to present it, they may have doubted the club's discretion but were in no uncertainty as to its valor. The elaborateness of the stage devices necessary for the performance, the peculiarly subtle nature of the transition from the broad comedy of the opening to the idealistic tragedy of the close, the very beauty of the lines in the long speeches of the last act, all made the undertaking a hazardous one for both company and playwright...
...that of a Puritan justice; and, in spite of occasional good passages, his mirthful geniality of expression persisted in belying the character he had assumed. Miss Gragg rendered the varying and not entirely convincing moods of the heroine with a charm which was, perhaps, a trifle modern; and Mr. Papazian's capable presentation of the witch was injured but not destroyed by the imperfect illusion in the first...
...difficult should decide the question of its adaptability to the stage. Of the remarkable literary interest of the piece, and its high poetic value there is no question; and last night' performance left the impression that with completely adequate setting and management, and a better sustained quality of acting, Mr. MacKaye's tragedy may yet achieve a striking success...