Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...special Shaksperian performance for the benefit of the Belgian Relief Fund to be given at the Hollis Theater on Thursday, will be at 2 o'clock instead of at 8 as was previously planned. Tickets for this performance, consisting of "The Merchant of Venice," omitting the fifth act, and "Katherine and Petruchio", Edwin Booth's adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew," may be obtained at the box office of the Hollis Theatre at Herrick...
...special performance of a double bill of Shakspere will be presented for the benefit of the Belgian Relief Fund at the Hollis Theatre next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, in which several members of the University will take important parts. The bill will consist of "The Merchant of Venice," omitting the fifth act, and "Katherine and Petruchio," an adaptation by Edwin Booth of "The Taming of the Shrew." This combination was often given by Booth, but has not been seen since his time. The present production is under the direction of Mr. Edward Uroom, who played in Booth...
...Perley '78, Canadian High Commissioner in London, has in addition to his regular work, taken active part in the relief work on the Continent...
...send them forth to add to the destruction and slaughter, while they are content to leave the wounded and starving to whoever happens along. To Europe it is war, not charity. This winter the United States will have its own problems of suffering and starvation. The need for relief will not be so keenly felt as in Europe, but it will be sufficiently great to drive home the fact that from a modern war the difference of suffering between nations is only a matter of degree...
Today is Red Cross Day. The need of the University's making a substantial contribution to war relief need not be dilated upon. The need exists beyond any question. Meeting it is the problem that confronts the University today...