Word: successful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very large audience was present in Sanders Theatre last evening at the authors' reading under the auspices of the Cantabrigia Club for the benefit of a Radcliffe scholarship fund. The affair was in every way a pronounced success. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe presided and introduced the readers very gracefully. Doctor Hale and Miss Wilkins were at the last moment prevented from being present, and sent letters of regret...
...Southern life-"Maria's Mo'nin'." The sketch itself runs in a vein of contagious humor, and Miss Stuart read it in a manner calculated to bring out all there was in it. Charles Follen Adams, in his Dutch dialect poems, has long been known, and last evening his success was as great as ever...
...Graduates' Night performance of "The Flying Dutchmen," the Hasty Pudding theatricals, which was given last night was so well received that the complete success of the play seems assured. The performance was without any of the hitches apparent at the dress rehearsal of Tuesday night, and principals and chorus are now perfectly familiar with their parts and capable of making the most of the play. The principals are all fairly good, but Schurz as the poor musician, Woodruff as Katrina, Miller as the villain, and Parker as the burgomeister, did especially well. The chorus are still somewhat awkward in their...
Judging from the dress rehearsal last night, the Pudding play this year should be a great success. It is more of a burlesque than last year and contains more local hits. All the parts are well taken, Schurz, Woodruff, Stone and Rust being especially egective. Perhaps the best thing is the specialty by Schurz and Woodruff, a take-off on "Secret Service." Fenno and Scaife are rather graceful in their dance, and Rust sings a soldier song with very telling gestures...
...reasons urged for the acceptance of this cup are that there would be a larger attendance at the matches if held in Philadelphia; that the tournament would prove more of a financial success, and that more colleges would enter on account of Philadelphia's central position. the new $500 cup will also do away with the difficulty the various colleges are finding in raising subscriptions sufficient for a suitable trophy. Objections are raised by most of the New England colleges to the change on account of the increased travelling expenses...