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Under the auspices of the Harvard Dramatic Club the Ben Greet Players will again appear in Boston when they give Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" and "Julius Caesar" in January. Sir Philip Ben Greet and an all-English company will give only two performances both at Jordan Hall on January 19. Julius Caesar will be presented at a matinee and the "Comedy of Errors" in the evening...
...Canadian preacher's son whose popularity was immense, yet who surprised few of his friends when he was converted to "Buchmanism" the spring of his senior year. Erdman ("Erd") Harris was an exuberant cheer leader, a powerful swimmer, a talented composer of Triangle Club scores (Julius Caesar, Isle of Surprise). He ranked high in studies, too. His bright, bubbling nature continued as engaging after conversion as before and his post-graduate religious work on the campus was extremely successful, except among the few students who found his happy sincerity naive. Interesting to many a college man of his generation...
...recreating for us fifth century Athens, nevertheless, the reader is sure to carry away a fairly substantial picture of the life at Rome in the height of its greatness. Inevitably other great characters of history figure to a more or less extent in this account; men such as Caesar, Crassus, Octavius, Mark Antony, Brutus, Cassius are all seen in their relation to Cicero and his times. Of course Cicero's life is the central theme of the book, and is shown throughout its development...
...Readings in Cato and Caesar," Professor Rand, Sever...
...word 'Caesar' is said to mean Caesar, this involves the assumption of much historical knowledge. It might be possible to trace back the noises which the Romans made when thew saw the conqueror coming, and which were used in acclamation of the emperor by the Roman mobs. Though the whole concept of meaning is vague, the meaning of a word lies largely in its ability to produce an effect, as when we call someone by name...