Word: throughout
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...form of a letter written to a saddler of Soissoas, then at Paris, by his apprentice, describing the siege and capture, by the king's forces, of the town of Soissons, which is in sympathy with the Duke of Burgundy. Though the apprentice himself remains throughout a somewhat colorless onlooker, he manages to give us a striking account of a fifteenth-century siege, with its excitement and its horrors. In this story, too, there is sensation, but it is not of a morbid kind...
...work of the Sophomore crew was good on the whole. From a bad start the men quickly got together, and the boat was steady throughout the race. The men reached out well and swung strongly, but seemed slow at the beginning of the recover. B. A. A. rowed a higher stroke and spurted well at the finish...
Good fielding on the part of the second team was a strong contrast throughout the game with the listless work of the 'Varsity...
...dialogne throughout is ciever and amusing and seldom too long drawn out. The chorus sang with spirit but were a trifle woodeny in action. The scenery and costumes, designed by Pitts, were first-rate, especially the houses in Harvard Square. In the second act, many local celebrities are introduced including Poco, Foster, a policeman and four of the Faculty, who are cleverly taken off by Schurz, Stone, Nichols and Parker. Ordinary and extraordinary occurrences, such as a band procession, taking out of an Institute ten, waiting for an electric car, and a spirited struggle between John and his donkey...
...music throughout is excellent and many of the choruses are entirely catching. There are two Harvard songs with remarkably stirring choruses, one beginning "Fair Harvard," but with different words, which go with a great deal of dash. Although this rehearsal went very raggedly, the play as a whole shows distinct possibilities...