Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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Harvard showed that the preservation of the Chinese empire would mean war for the United States; that a single war would precipitate international war; that the commercial gain was not sufficiently great; and that the United States was under no moral obligation to China.
The Cercle Francais will give the first performance of "Crispin Medecin" and "Un Jeune Homme Presse" in Brattle Hall, this evening at 8 o'clock. It will be open only to graduates and present members of the "Cercle" and will take the place of the usual dress rehearsal. The presentation...
The cast: Crispin Medecin. Mirobolan, A. Champollion '02. Geralde, L. Wilmerding '01. Crispin, P. B. Haviland '01. Lisidor, H Schenk '03. Un Chirugien, L. De Koven '04. Simon, L. De Koven '04. Feliante, R. B. Bowler '02. Alcine, F. Watson '02. Dorine, F. B. Thompson '03. Lise, R. K. Thorndike...
The story of "Crispin Medecin" is as follows.
Lisidor, an aged widower, wishes to marry Alcine, the young and pretty daughter of his friend Mirobolan, a physician. Wishing to get rid of his son, Geralde, he sends him to the law school at Bourges, in company with Crispin, a valet. Geralde, however, is passionately in love with Alcine...