Word: war
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...studied the refinements of retaliation, the murder of a husband, of a daughter, of a father--these form the tale of the house of Agamemnon. Of this line the most tragic figure is Agamemnon, who slew his daughter as a sacrifice, and, upon his triumphal return from the Trojan war, was ignominiously butchered by his faithless queen. Such, in short, is the plot...
...gather, he said, to commemorate the resolute and faithful men, who fought and fell in the Civil War to preserve American nationality and American free institutions. They freed the negro slave. His complete emancipation, however, the freedom of his mind and soul as well as his body can be secured only through education. It is the opportunity and the privilege of the nation to grant him this. The vast number of illiterate negroes in the South proves that the nation is not doing this adequately...
...MEMORIAL SERVICE to commemorate the sons of Harvard who fell in the Civil War. Sanders Theatre, 12 M. Mr. Roscoe Conkling Bruce '02 will deliver the address. Students will assemble by classes in front of University Hall at 11.30 A. M., and, with the Faculty and members of the G. A. R. Posts, march to Sanders Theatre...
...Frederick Moore, war correspondent of the Associated Press and of the London Times, will lecture on "Brigand Life in the Balkans" this evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union. The talk will be accompanied by stereopticon slides from original photographs...
After the barbaric war dance of the opening chorus, the first hit was made by W. G. Means '06, as "Bang Bang", who sustained spirited comic action in both his songs and lines, although his voice failed at times to carry. S. D. Preston '06, is "Hustler, the Wanderer", sang "New York's the Place" and "When I Started Out" with engaging ease and jauntiness of manner, and showed considerable range in "Let's Sew" and "Back, get Back", in Act II. On several occasions the orchestra was a little too loud for the voices of the principals...