Word: actions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...accepted by Mrs. Fiske, several months ago. The leading part, taken by Mrs. Fiske, is that of a drudge in a saloon on the Bowery, upon which, on Christmas night, the curtain rises. As usual in her mounting of a play, Mrs. Fiske has striven to make setting and action atmospheric...
...pick out one or two songs from the compositions contributed which it feels tolerably certain will prove satisfactory, and turn them over to the mass meeting to be learned thoroughly. This year's Committee has adopted the latter course. The circumstances this year practically necessitated this action. It was the Committee's opinion that of the forty songs submitted the great majority were not singable at all, while a few showed possibilities; it was not in a position, however, to recommend more than three, and one of these was a parody. Unfortunately, Song Committee are only human and owing...
...perplexing situation has at last been solved by the action of the Corporation yesterday, giving the Athletic Association permission to erect wooden stands at the open end of the Stadium as well as around the track. This will make available some eight or nine thousand more seats and make it possible for graduates to see the game who are not season ticket holders. As yet there has been no sale to graduates, and the sales to undergraduates were closed before the demand had been satisfied...
...term of service. In accordance with the established procedure the election will be made by the Corporation, and their choice will be communicated to the Board of Overseers for their consent. In view of the heavy responsibility attached to the choice of a successor to President Eliot, the action of the Governing Boards will be deliberate, and the time of its occurrence cannot now be predicted...
...matters confronting the life of the community in which he has lived and the life of the country at large which has made him the leading private citizen of the Republic. His counsel has been felt in affairs for a generation and always felt in the interest of right action and wholesome sentiment...