Word: stern
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Clerk of course-M. Stern...
Inquisitor of Seville, a stern and pompous functionary, Norman H. White...
...last two days the Freshman crew has not been on the river until about five o'clock, as the men have been taking their strength tests. T. N. Perkins, '91, has been coaching the crew from the stern of the boat and also from a pair-oar. Yesterday afternoon the crew rowed down to Harvard Bridge and also practiced some starts with the '96 crew. The Freshmen have been rowing rather poorly of late, and, unless they make a great improvement, their chance of making a good showing in the class races is very slight. The order of the crew...
...atmosphere is distinctly Spanish. The plot hangs on the ardent love of the young Alcayde for a fair maiden, the ward of the stern and pompous Grand Inquisitor of Seville. The latter dignitary has many schemes of his own which he puts into execution at the expense of the poor Alcayde, but not without involving himself in serious complications. The reckless projects of a wandering gypsy are accountable for a general misunderstanding on the part of all and cause grave difficulties before matters are finally straightened out. Spanish peasants, gypsies and Moors give the action a picturesque surrounding...
Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: L. T. Hildreth '96 and W. H. Sheldon Gr. Negative: M. L. Stern and F. Hendrick...