Word: sketches
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...third part of the program will be stories on western life by E. E. Dale 3G., professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Dale who makes a specialty of western folk lore and has had numerous experiences among the Westerners, will give a sketch of cow-boy and Indian life on the frontier drawn from what he himself has witnessed and experienced, and will read some of his famous Oklahoma jingles...
...City Club, for which no tickets will be on sale. The Peabody Playhouse, at which the performances will be staged, situated at 357 Charles street, Boston. The first of the plays that is on the program is "How Con Cragan Willed Himself a Piece of Land," a short sketch which has been adapted from the book Con Cragan by Charles Lever. It has been dramatized and produced by E. Ros MacAfee. The scenery is by Anna anzky...
...Gavit writes a pleasing sketch, Mr. Garrison likewise; and lastly Mr. MacVeagh's trifle. A drama article and copious reviews of good books (here the graduates creep in) conclude the number. One closes the issue with the feeling that the Advocate Board, having produced a number of genuine humor and quality, deserves a ride that luxurious-looking, self-propelling carriage advertised on the reverse cover...
...Fame and the Poet' has never been staged, having but recently been written, and the Dramatic Club has, therefore, the honor of being its first producers. The scene of this sketch is laid in modern London, and the play contains but three characters, Prattle, an empty-headed and matter-of-fact man about town; De Reves, a poet and dreamer; and Fame, an allegorical figure...
...this banquet, not only members of the club, but also any members of the University who have served as pilots in the war, will be admitted, provided they notify the club in advance. Colonel Drennan will outline the plans of the aeronautical reserve and sketch briefly the opportunities offered to men entering the national air service...