Word: successor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor J. H. Ropes has declined the invitation to become principal of Phillips Andover Academy as successor to the late Dr. C. F. P. Bancroft who died last October. As yet no further choice has been made by the trustees of the Academy...
...after the play opens, and the king, worried by the thought of abdicating, is trying to find a wife. He proposes first to Mrs. Sarah Belium, the missionary, and then to her niece, Marion Hayste. Being spurned by both, he resigns himself to abdication and determines to appoint as successor the man whom his ward, the Princess Anita, chooses for a husband...
...coincidence they hit on the same scheme. Each disguises himself as king, that he may appoint himself the successor to the throne. Mackintosh, who has orders from Chichester to get the real king out of the way, seizes Ping Pong by mistake. The prisoner escapes only to run headlong into the Englishman. Each takes the other for the king; each discovers his mistake just as the real king enters. Philippine thinks his doubles must be due to over-indulgence in wine. To his great relief, de Breeze comes to the rescue and denounces the conspirators; and the king finds this...
...events of the play are supposed to occur on one of the islands of the Philippine group and hinge upon the abdication of the King. The King cannot decide whom he would best appoint as his successor. This uncertainty leads to a great deal of clever plotting on the part of the three aspirants for the throne, and to many amusing complications. The customary love story runs through the play, ending happily in the coronation of the hero and his betrothal to the heroine...
...left end has not yet been found and either Corley, Metzger, Ludes, or Nelson may finally get the place. Gardiner at right end has improved a great deal and can be depended upon to play a strong game. Back of the line, Howard at quarterback, has proved a worthy successor to Graves of last year's eleven. He runs the team with good judgment and is a strong tackler. Reynolds at left halfback is one of the best players the team has had for some time. He is a speedy runner, strong punter, and together with Davidson, forms the mainstay...