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...nearest approach to a plot, is embodied in a parody on Goethe, "The Hardships of Hans," by Mr. H. Amory '16, who apparently tries to satirize the great poet's sensitiveness to feminine influence. Mr. Amory depends for his laughs largely on horse play, and his humor is not altogether subtle and delicate; it is crude in many places. But if inexperienced, he is very ingenious in "getting a laugh...
Another society of a somewhat different sort is described in an article by F. T. Spaulding '17 on the notorious "Med. Fac.", traces of whose buffoonery and barrel-stave humor, unfortunately still persist...
...that the woman has a fortune, approves, and very soon falls in love with her sister. By much amusing stratagy the two men meet the ladies and are later able to save them from a gang of thieves. The chief merits of the comedy are the quality of the humor and the cleverness and individuality of the characterization...
Professor C. T. Copeland '82 will give a reading in the Dining Room of the Union this evening at 9 o'clock. His subject will be Irish wit, humor and eloquence in English and in the brogue. The doors will be closed promptly at five minutes after nine...
...weeks under the direction of Mr. August Vatter, who has coached the Verein plays for several years. "Die Journalisten" is a comedy of newspaper life in Germany of fifty years ago. The piece gives the true spirit of German life and has a serious undercurrent beneath the subtle humor that pervades it. It has been put on in Germany with much success...