Word: staying
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Some time ago a communication was published in the CRIMSON relative to the matter of inviting Mr. Henry Irving to speak before the students some time during his stay in Boston. The suggestion was then made that the invitation should come from the students, preferably from some club. As the outcome of this communication, the officers of the New Harvard Union have seen Mr. Irving and have received his promise that he will address the students some forenoon or afternoon between the twelfth and fifteenth of March, during which period he will be again in Boston...
...times like these that the independent idea arises, and men not knowing clearly where they belong, stay out and try to hold the balance between parties; but such men ignore the fact that achievement is possible only by compromise and union. What parties need now is not principles, but men, the best, the wisest men of the country. In the face of this need the answer of the independent comes like hollow mockery. Well might parties say to such men: "We asked for bread and ye gave us a stone...
...communication in this morning's paper suggesting that Mr. Henry Irving be invited to speak in Sanders Theatre at some time during his stay in Boston seems to us an excellent one. There is always something interesting in the personality of such a man and the interest of his mere presence is almost always borne out by the manner and substance of his speech. There are many things which the students would like very much to know concerning the art of acting and the various methods used in connection with the stage. Moreover, Mr. Irving has a generous fund...
...members of the University would be greatly interested in hearing Mr. Irving speak, and we would like to call this fact to the attention of the proper authorities, in the hope that, if possible, an invitation may be again extended to him to address us during his present stay...
...given the same afternoon by Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Gratwick. The concert was not so good as the one given the night before, but it was well received by the audience. The Saturn and Buffalo Clubs gave their privileges to the Harvard men during the short period of their stay, and a reception was given at the former after the concert...