Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...travelling salesman, did a distinct and clever bit of characterization; and he as well as von Kaltenborn was quick at taking up his cues. C. A. Neymann '09 as Dicke, the other travelling salesman, did his part well, and P. M. Piel '10 with his broad and varied humor as Flaschner, the policeman, produced a very funny character. G. A. Schnieder '07 in the long part of Beigeordneter Strenge, about whom the whole play centres, was good at times, but did not know his part well enough to throw himself into it and keep up the action of the play...
...Henshaw's burlesque of the modern romantic novel is disappointing. The strokes are too broad, and the humor, at best, problematical. Mr. Stoddard's analysis of the American snob, on the other hand, is distinctly clever, and leaves one wishing that the author had written more at length of his different classes of snobs...
...Pepe as his nephew to live with him in his magnificent 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 despite himself is always entangled in the mazes of his vocabulary. His efforts to straighten out his words and sentences are very laughable. The cast of the play is: Pepe, M. L. Woolman...
Finally, mention must be made of the single critical article in the number, "Debussy, A Depreciation," which is by no means lacking in satirical humor...
...Jones is made to win the Victoria Cross, the Order of the Golden Fleece, and the Pasteur Medal, all in the Civil War. The introduction of farce mars the illusion. "The Man with the Soul" is an amusing story of a misunderstood undergraduate, a recluse with a sense of humor. Invited by two more experienced friends to an excursion to Darker Boston, he mystifies his companions by a very well done dry-drunk, to use the language of a generation...