Word: background
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hasty Pudding Club play, has been staged and is running smoothly in the rehearsals. The scene is laid in the polar regions, as in the first act, and is improved by the introduction of several battle ships, both on the stage and in the background. A striking feature is the march and drill of thirty men representing the Russian, English, French, German and American navies...
...from the sea, throws on the sand an oyster, during a graceful dance. The first part ends with the five Nereides and Amphitrite dancing. In the second part appear the Travelers, who wander along the shore and discover the oyster. The sea nymphs and Amphitrite watch them from the background. The Travelers quarrel over the oyster and are surprised by the captain of the coast guard, who takes them off to court. In the third period the trial scene takes place in which the judge emphasizes the nature of all men of his kind by giving each of the Travelers...
...equal chances of danger, and have fought the long battle of life as bravely; men who have made this University what it is, or who have rendered distinguished services to their fellow-citizens and their country - we think of the many men who, leading useful lives in the background, are rarely mentioned, but whose memories are cherished by their classmates...
Again, a story may depend on its plot for sustaining the reader's attention. Indeed if the plot can be made sufficiently attractive, the characters may be kept entirely in the background, as in the case in many of Poe's pseudo-scientific tales...
...Fogg Lecture Room last night. The careful arrangement of the pictures was of great assistance in following the route described by Professor Baker. Many of the views shown were admirable examples of the old style of illustrations, and made it possible for one to gain some familiarity with the background of Shakespere's plays as an aid toward appreciating them more fully...