Word: prides
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...play than the other, and as such is de- pendent for its effect largely upon a vivid portrayal of character. Erasmus, the principal character, is a young man who has been educated out of his station, and returned, priggish and conceited to his humble parents. The fall of his pride and his final humility are the themes around which the play is built. V. P. Williamson Unc., as Peer, who is a pretentious deacon, also plays an important role. Jeppe, Nille, and Jacob, in the parts of rustic country people, take a large share in the plot...
...crisis is at hand. It can be averted, but not by any half-way measures. Employer and workingman must come to an understanding; and it looks as if the employer would have to take the first step, lest a worse thing befall him than the mere injury to his pride...
Except for the fall to Yale's pride, however, the defeat was decidedly beneficial to Yale. Making no excuses for their failure Dr. Sharpe set to work to build up again his shattered team; and, what is most important, the entire University stood behind their coach, letting it be known to all the football world, that they had every confidence in the ability of their team to come back...
...other leading parts of those of Peer, an omniscient deacon, whose pretensions to learning afford comic opportunities; Jeppe, the father of Erasmus, whose paternal pride adds a sympathetic touch to the play; Nille, an old peasant woman; and Jacob, a country bumpkin. They are played by V. P. Williamson Unc., D. T. Eaton Unc., Miss Tripp of Radcliffe, and R. H. L. Skinner '22, respectively...
After an eight weeks' competition, Edwin Ober Pride of Somerville was appointed manager of the 1923 track team, and Wallace Everard Stearns of Concord, N. H., manager of the 1923 cross-country team. These appointments are subject to the approval of the Student Council and the Athletic Committee...