Word: father
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Weekly Crimson" was the subject of the speech by Mr. W. R. Thayer '81. The paper, which we originated was a fortnightly issue, the father of the "Daily Crimson." The board was made up of about 15 men besides two business managers. We were the public opinion in those days, and the fortnightly papers took life seriously; but because the Advocate was then in existence no outsider knew which was public opinion. The president in those days was "It," not from any ambition, or desire, but because other editors brought their articles very irregularly. The paper came out Friday...
...second act shows us Pepe and Consuelo in their new surroundings. Both they and Don Cleto, Pepe's father, are awed at the appearance of the Cuban servant, Domingo. In an interview with Don Manuel and Don Cleto, who forces an embrace of gratitude upon his son's protector, the true situation apears. But the consequent dismay of the artist's family is again turned to rejoicing by Don Manuel's promise to look out for them all. The cast is as follows: Pepe, a poor young artist of Madrid, M.H. Woolman '09 Consuelo, his wife, G.E. Hyde '09 Pepito...
...wife, are confident that he will find a purchaser. On the other hand, Dona Paz, the traditional mother-in-law, scoffs at it, and praises, instead, the daubing of Pepito, whom she has secret hopes of marrying. Her disdain is more than offset by the enthusiasm of Pepe's father, a comical, loving old gentleman with an unmanageable tongue. Pepe returns with the picture unsold. Soon after this shock, a millionaire plantation owner, Don Manuel, comes from Havana to help Pepito, his nephew, whom he has never seen. He mistakes Pepe for Pepito, buys his picture, and invites the artist...
...house. It develops later that Pepito is the real nephew, and just as Pepe and Consuelo, his wife, think they must leave Don Manuel, Pepito arrives and the wealthy uncle keeps them all as his own family. The humor of the play revolves about old Don Cleto, Pepe's father, who uses wrong words, mispronounces, and disputes himself, and is always entangled in the mazes of his vocabulary. His efforts to straighten out his words and sentences are very laughable...
...cast of the play is: Pepe, a poor young artist of Madrid, M. K. Woolman '09 Consuelo, his wife, G. E. Hyde '09 Pepito, his friend, H. W. Packer 1L. Dona Paz, Consuelo's mother, J. Murdoch, Jr., 1G. Don Cleto, Pepe's father, G. Rivera, Jr., '09 Don Manuel, Pepito's millionaire uncle from Cuba, E. F. Schwartzenberg 2L. Domingo, negro servant to Don Manuel, D. N. Robinson...