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...great extent, with the traditional business of the part, but he often varied the arrangement of the portraits in the closet scene. Sometimes he had both portraits on the wall, and sometimes he had one portrait on the wall, and a miniature round his own neck. The one striking bit of new business added by Mr. Booth was his uniform practice already mentioned of holding the cross shaped hilt of his sword before him as he followed the apparation. Mr. Irving has added, among several salient details, the action of Hamlet in rushing up to the throne after the flight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Copeland's Lecture. | 3/27/1895 | See Source »

...sonnet by Louis How '95 is an excellent bit of work and contains much real feeling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 3/23/1895 | See Source »

...dainty bit of verse is "A Cup and Saucer Episode" by Bert Ross '96, though its refreshing piquancy is marred slightly by a few crudities of wording...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 3/23/1895 | See Source »

Here is a suggestion for seniors and the Class Day Committee. Would it not be a wise change to have all the "mortar boards" worn on Class Day fitted with crimson instead of black tassels? Not only would each man prize his cap more highly for the bit of crimson on it, but the sombreness of too much black would be relieved and the whole effect would be more picturesque...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 3/22/1895 | See Source »

...Hers," by E. G. Knoblauch '96, is very fairly done, though its misery is rather long drawn out. The number closes with a bit of verse by H. J. Holt '98, "The Virgin Prairie," which, though it lacks the atmosphere the author has tried to give it, is a creditable piece of work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 3/12/1895 | See Source »

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