Word: progress
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rehearsals for the Pi Eta society's two act comic opera, "Prince Punjab," have been in progress for over six weeks, and it now seems certain that by Graduates' Night, a week from Friday, the Society will have perfected on of the best plays it has yet produced. The book and lyrics are by P. L. Coonley '03, the author of "Queen Philippine," the play given last year. The plot, which is laid in India, has many ingenious situations for which the peculiar superstitions of that country in regard to the preservation of the idols of Buddha give foundation...
Rehearsals have been in progress for some weeks under the direction of Mr. John Malone of the Players Club. New York. The original text, "as it was played in The Black-fries by the Children of her Majestie's Revels," will be adhered to with even closer fidelity than in previous revivals. A passage reflection upon the Scots in the first impression of "Eastward Ho." resulted in the arrest of its three authors. The comedy was then modified and under the title of an "Alderman no Conjurer" the play was first given in its present form at Dorset Gardens...
...crews from both clubs rowed on the river with practically the same orders as during the past week. As yet the development of the various crews has been very slow and on this account it is impossible to estimate their ability. The Freshmen, in particular, have made very little progress, owing to the fact that they have not yet become accustomed to the water...
...University Boathouse where the floats have been put in position. Vail and Wray coached several of the crews from the coxswains' seats. One of the floats at the Weld has already been put out and the others will probably be ready today. Work on the launch is now in progress and it will be put in commission early next week...
...Riddle gave many illustrations of the common errors in pronunciation and enunciation and in oratorical and the atrical delivery. While in subject-matter public speakers have broken loose from the conventional, in manner of speaking there has been very little progress. In the desire to be colloquial, speakers have become too familiar with their audiences and have failed to realize that careful training is requisite for simple, and convincingly effective public speaking...