Word: soon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew began regular training yesterday afternoon. The men were divided into squads of ten to twelve men each and temporary squad leaders were appointed. The work yesterday consisted of fifteen minutes light exercise in the Gymnasium, followed by a slow run of half a mile. Rowing will begin as soon as the machines in the rowing room can be put in order, which will probably be in a day or two. Twelve more men joined the squad in addition to those whose names have already been published, making 165 in all. They were...
...Club, the college dramatic organization, is arranging to produce a burlesque entitled "Pocahontas." The play is written by Barnes '99 and the music is to be under the direction of Mayhew '92. Several performances will probably be given in the spring. Trials for the club and rehearsals will commence soon after the Christmas vacation...
...indeed admitted in the dedication that the book can lay no claim to being representative of Harvard, but this inconspicuous statement will be overlooked or soon forgotten by the average reader, and a distorted picture of life here will thus be circulated. If such a thing were possible, it would do no harm to confine the circulation of "Harvard Episodes" to Harvard undergraduates...
...Under the direction of Madame de Maintenon, the girls of this school had already produced a play of Corneille. After this Madame de Maintenon requested Racine to write a play for the school. He complied, but his "Andromaque" was not quite suitable for her purposes, and soon afterwards he wrote "Esther," a tragedy drawn from Holy Writ. Inspired by his biblical material Racine wrote "Athalie" his masterpiece, but owing to the intervention of the spiritual advision of the school, the first performances of the play were stripped of their beauty and left cold without the charm of costumes...
...Jehoram, king of Judah, son of Jehoshaphat, and seventh king of the line of David, married Athaliah, daughter to Ahab and Jezebel, who reigned over Israel, famous both of them, but chiefly Jezebel, for their bloody persecutions of the Prophets. Athaliah, no less impious than her mother, soon drew her husband to idolatry, and even caused to be built in Jerusalem a temple to Baal, which was the god of the country of Tyre and Sidon, where Jezebel was born. Jehoram, after having seen all the princes his children, with the single exception of Ahaziah, perish by the hands...