Word: handing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Saxons; they did not preserve the Gallic quality of the characters they represented. Mr. Blair gave to Robert Fergan a truly Anglo-Saxon touch of blunt brutality, and Miss Kahn typified the American rather than the French wife's conception of liberty in the marriage relation. On the other hand, Mr. Anderson succeeded admirably in keeping the French flavor of his part, especially in the opening scene of the third...
...Vesper services this afternoon in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Washington, the following music will be rendered. "To thee, O Country," by Eichberg; Kipling's "Recessional"; "Our father's God, from out whose hand," words by Whittier, music by Professor Paine...
...story deals with the troubles of Granger, a pedantic principal of the college of Beauvais at Paris. The first act opens with an interview between Granger and Chateaufort, the swash buckler of the play, who comes to ask for the hand of Manon, the pedant's daughter. Granger does not want him, wishing to marry Manon to a rich peasant named Gareau, so he tells Chateaufort that he has a rival in La Tremblaye, a gentleman living near the college of Beauvais. Chateaufort goes away breathing threats of vengeance against La Tremblaye. Granger then turns to his own love affairs...
...Granger declares his love to Genevote in a most pedantic manner. Genevote humors him, and they agree that Granger is to come to Genevote's house with a ladder that night and enter by the window. As soon as they have parted, Gareau, the rich suitor for Manon's hand, arrives, but his wealth proves to be in an inheritance that he is going to get. It has come down to him in the most complicated order of descent that ever existed or was imagined. Gareau was sent away discomfited...
...from the field. The Princeton backs showed unexpected strength in line bucking, and with excellent interference, they gained repeatedly on end plays. As was shown in the first half, when Yale was held for downs on the five-yard line, Princeton's defense was very strong. On the other hand, Yale had the advantage of fine generalship and was quick to take advantage of every opportunity...