Word: night
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...CRIMSON Alumni Association held its annual dinner at the Hotel Somerset, Saturday night. Professor I. N. Hollis and the present CRIMSON Board were invited to consider the question of installing the offices of the CRIMSON in the new Harvard Union. Professor Hollis outlined the architectural scheme of the Harvard Union as conceived at present. The matter of the arrangements for the CRIMSON was referred to the following committee: H. W. Williams '85, H. James, 2d, '99, F. E. Bissell '00, and E. Spalding...
...sixth consecutive time Harvard defeated Princeton in the annual debate in Sanders Theatre last night, on the question: "Resolved, That the English claims in the controversy with the South African Republic are justifiable." Harvard supported the affirmative and Princeton the negative. The presiding officer was the Hon. Samuel J. Elder...
...first performance of "Le Pedant Joue" was given last night in Brattle Hall. Considerable credit is due H. B. Stanton '00 and his assistants who have taken a crude, old fashioned play, cut it down, and remodelled it into something fit for the modern stage. But more remodelling and curtailing might have further improved the performance. Throughout the first and second acts there was a tedious succession of long monologues and one-sided conversations in which the speakers, as a rule, overacted their parts. Meanwhile the rest of the cast stood inactive and apparently inattentive...
Several commendable features, however, offset these defects last night. The work of the minor principals was excellent. J. A. Dix '02 as Pierre Paquier, the servant of Granger, was particularly good both in his acting and in his accent. F. W. Morrison '00, as the peasant Mathieu Gareau, was more in character than any of the other actors, and, with the aid of a droll voice, was well qualified to portray the stupid countryman. Dix and Morrison were the only characters who helped the audience realize that a comedy was being played. A. S. Hills '00, who took the part...
...Junior Wranglers were defeated by the Boston University Law School last night in a discussion on the same question as that of the Princeton debate. Good speeches were made on both sides, but they were not directed at each other, and the Harvard team was too assertive...