Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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The Graduate Committee of the Harvard Dramatic Club has chosen "The Scarecrow" by Percy MacKaye '97, as the play to be produced by the club the first week in December.
This play, "a tragedy of the ludicrous," as Mr. MacKaye calls it, consists of four acts, the first of which is laid in a blacksmith shop. A small town in Massachusetts is the scene of the play, and the time the latter part of the seventeenth century.
Mr. MacKaye has written several well-known plays, the most famous of which are "Sappho and Phaon," "Mater," and "Jeanne d'Arc."
Captain Fish reported for the practice, having just returned with Coach Daly from West Point. D. C. Campbell '02, captain of the University team in 1901, joined the coaching staff. He will remain with squad for the remainder of the season, giving special attention to the ends. All the regulars...
The practice for the Freshman football team yesterday consisted in a black-board drill of plays in the Locker Building, catching punts, a short signal drill and a 15-minute scrimmage. J. Parker substituted for Carr, who was excused from practice. In the scrimmage the second team was on the...