Word: robert
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...LECTURES. "Coal Mining." I and II. Mr. Robert V. Norris, Rotch Building, 12 M. to 1 P. M. and 4.30 to 5.30 P. M. This is the beginning of a course of eighteen lectures to be given by Mr. Norris from December 11 to December 20, inclusive...
...story of the play is simple but, for dramatic purposes, extremely effective. Helene (Madame Simone) was forced to marry a repulsive young nobleman in order to gratify her father's social ambitions. After the marriage, she fell in love with Robert de Chaceroy, and when he loses his fortune and his honor by gambling, tries to pay his debts for him. Her father forces the secret of her love from her, and in order to save the reputation of his family offers to advance the necessary sum. He insists on the separation of Robert and Helene; Robert declares this...
Madame Simone makes the most of her two "big" scenes--one where her father forces her secret from her and the other where she discovers Robert's suicide. The artistic restraint as well as the emotional power of her acting deserve the highest praise. And mention must be made of Mr. Corrigan (the father) and Mr. Arden (Robert). Each was unusually successful in an unusually difficult part. Credit, too, should be given to the translator of the play the English version has little of the "importedfrom-France" atmosphere. Altogether, not a play for post-examination revels, but for the serious...
...following fellowships have been awarded: McDowell Fellowship to W. F. Merrill uC., Central American fellowship in Archaeology to C. L. Hay '08. Robert C. Winthrop fellowship to A. B. Skinner...
...Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize, consisting of $100 and a silver medal, for "the best poem on a subject or subjects annually to be chosen and announced by a Committee of the Department of English" will this year be given for a poem on either of the following subjects: "Tripoli", "Robert Browning, May 7, 1812". Each poem should not exceed fifty lines, should bear an assumed name, and should be accompanied by a sealed letter containing the true name of the writer and superscribed with the assumed name. The prize is open only to undergraduates of Harvard College...