Word: swiftness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...jealousy of his wife, Belle Equestria. At this point Nehemiah Brown's guardian, Ikey Ikklehopper, sues for the hand of Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow, and his advances are received to the point of accepting his ring, but no further, for Lucretia's heart is set on Goodbert Swift, a New York lawyer at the village tavern. In the interval, Belle Equestria has plotted her revenge, and carried it out by stealing the stock of the mine. This she turns over to Sweet and the selectmen, and announces to the assembled company that the stock is worthless...
...second act begins a month later. Swift has found that the mine will pay well if developed, and the $10,000 necessary for this he gets indirectly from Ikklehopper by working on the affections of the widow, until she consents to use her influence on the Jew. Swift makes up Sweet's losses with the proceeds of the sale of the mine, and is engaged to Priscilla. The widow, disgusted at this fickleness, spurns the Jew and goes over to Caleb Sweet, while Ketcham has to be reconciled with Belle Equestria...
...cast is as follows: I. Will Ketcham, showman, P. Whorf '05 Caleb Sweet, wealthy farmer, W. Fisher '05 Priscilla Sweet, H. LeS. Andrews '06 Lucretia Smart, a gay grass widow, D. P. Cook '05 Goodbert Swift, a city lawyer, H. R. Pratt '06 Nehemiah Obadiah Brown, a foolish schoolboy, W. S. Hall '05 Ikey Ikklehopper, the Jew, F. E. Shirk '06 Belle Equestria, the showman's wife, W. M. Jopling '06 Dr. Eza Pill, physician, J. Dignowity '06 John Berry undertaker, F. E. Whitney '06 Rev. Dr. Soule, parson, R. Olmsted '05 The Village Bass, N. B. Wales '05 Country...
...work of the Freshmen is not far advanced. They have not yet been given swift balls in either batting or fielding. The outfielders practiced out of doors on Saturday for the first time. The work has shown fair improvement and will be made increasingly harder this week. The University and Freshman squads will practice out of doors beginning tomorrow if the weather permits. There will be no practice this afternoon...
Practice this week has been devoted to quickening all plays and the work has been much harder than heretofore. Much attention has been paid to fielding, particularly of swift line balls. The men have also practiced double plays, in which they showed considerable improvement both in speed and accuracy. In catching men between bases, however, there has been little improvement over the work of a week ago. Batting practice has been held every...