Word: suping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Relation of Law to the Supe natural. Lecture. Professor J. B. Thayer. Divinity School Chapel, 7.30 p. m. The public are invited...
...that such an exhibition of the flag would have the same effect on the sophomore class as the showing of a red flag to an enraged bull, so he told them: "No flags, boys, if you please." The boys consented. One of the freshmen then obtained employment as a supe from Lizzie Evans company, which to-night played "Sea Sands." He had the flag of Sheff. '89 concealed about his person. Just toward the middle of the first act a boat crossed the stage as a part of the play. Two persons are in this boat, and when it came...
...audience became timid. The flag remained in full view of the audience for about ten minutes. But this could not last long. The sophomores began to get wind of the affair and they came from all directions and tried to move on the flag. But the faithful supe had secured the flag and made himself very scarce. The sophs could not approach through the barricade on the front seats. They tried to get in at the rear and at the side doors of the stage, but they met freshmen at every point. The freshmen were too numerous, and the sophomores...
...insignificance; chorus and music are alike forgotten, and the attention of every one is fixed on what are generally supposed to be the minor parts of an opera, but are so no longer. No; a revolution has taken place, and hereafter, thanks to the tender watchfulness of Harvard, the "supe" will be the great attraction. The examples of the success of the new method are numerous. Who has not observed the breathless interest with which the entrance of any procession on the stage is now greeted? Perhaps it is the solemnity, the grandeur of a marching host in the background...