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...depicting the struggle between her mother's love and her desire for revenge; a struggle which ends in the murder of her two children. She expressed well the barbarian nature which is the under lying cause of the unhappiness of her marriage with Jason, but she failed to convey the supernatural element in Medea. Mr. Carl Machold, as her weak husband Jason, gave a very good portrayal of the Greek nature as contrasted with the barbarian Medea, and of the resulting lack of sympathy between the two. He also, with Mr. Adolph Winds as Kreen, brought out the selfishness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERFORMANCE OF "MEDEA" | 12/7/1906 | See Source »

...have intimately concerned it or the University, would incline the hasty observer toward the first mentioned reason (that the class is wilfully failing to take its fair part in the University's life and activities). This is strong language, and language that should either be substantiated or retracted. You convey the impression that the past history of the class is irrevocably wrapped in a dark cloud of failure and disgrace. "Mediocrity" and "failure" were the words the CRIMSON used last year, I believe. In point of fact, however, a few straggling rays of light appear to have penetrated the cloud...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 10/22/1904 | See Source »

...might have to spend several chapters in explaining. For aesthetic effects also, it is necessary for the short story writer to follow a selective method, as Bert Harte does in his western stories. Finally, the short story gives the writer an opportunity to take advantage of impressions and to convey his thoughts in poetic symbolism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lecture on "The Short Story". | 2/20/1901 | See Source »

...Supreme Court has sustained the bequests of Calvin Ellis '46 and his sister, Lucy Ellis, which convey to the University property valued at about $140,000. The bequests provide that part of the income from the money shall be used for the benefit of such decendants of David and Beulah Ellis, and John and Hannah Ellis as may be students in Harvard College, while the residue shall go to endow three professorships and pay general expenses in the Medical Department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ellis Bequest Sustained. | 5/21/1900 | See Source »

Dear Sir: At a regular meeting of Charles Beck Post 56, G. A. R., the Adjutant was instructed to convey to you a rising vote of thanks of the Post for the escort of yourself and committee from Post Hall to Memorial Hall and return, on the Shaw Memorial occasion. Also please convey the same to the band that served upon that occasion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: G. A. R. Letter. | 6/16/1897 | See Source »

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