Word: witness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...utmost good-will was necessary in order to obtain more than momentary illusion. Yet the audience, if puzzled, was clearly interested and, for the most part, sympathetic. The second act showed substantial improvement. The actors were more at home in their parts, the lines were read better, and the wit of the dialogue more frequently crossed the footlights. The gradual rise in tone, the gaining of the serious upon the comic element, which is one of the most marked features of the play, became distinctly perceptible. This improvement was sustained through the third act. Here a number of minor characters...
Very ancient, indeed, and sometimes very flat, is the wit (N.B. "The Evolution of the Freshman's Letter Home"), yet the number is entertaining, nevertheless. "Mediaeval Gastronomy" is cleverly versified, and illustrated con amore. Even the account of the bold dash of Dr. Crook to the North Pole (now at last definitely located at Perkins Hall) though based on a joke never very funny and surely as old as the hall in question is undeniably amusing. As usual, the drawings are better than the other matter. The centre-page by Steel '11, is not only witty, but really refreshingly thoughtful...
...became Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in Dartmouth, and in 1847 was called to take the same chair in the Medical School, which position he held for thirty-five years. Dr. Holmes was not only a doctor, but a good photographer, somewhat of an artist, a far famed poet, wit, and man of letters. His works are familiar to all, the best known being "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," "Elsie Venner," and many short poems...
...Charles A. Eastman gave an interesting lecture to the members of the Union last evening on the subject of "Indian Wit, Humor, Poetry, and Eloquence. He wore the full dress of a Sioux Indian and was given an enthusiastic reception...
...Charles A. Eastman will speak on "Indian Wit, Humor, Poetry and Eloquence" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only...