Word: tableaux
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...adjoining booth was built entirely of plus and minus signs, and within, a series of tableaux illustrated Differential Calculus and the Binomial Theorem. The architecture of the next booth was very severe in style, and loud voices were heard from within, as if an animated discussion were being carried on. The word "Philosophy" was painted in large letters above the door, and a conspicuous sign on one side read as follows: "Conclusive proof given that two and two do not make four! Price only five cents! Many other popular fallacies refuted at equally low rates!" I noticed one peculiarity about...
...Glee Club, who were to appear at the tableaux in Lyceum Hall, Tuesday night, in aid of the Old South, were conspicuous by their absence...
Shortly before half past nine Mr. A. W. Foote, '74, took his place at the piano as accompanist, and soon the curtain arose on "the event of the evening." The operetta of "Cox and Box" was played in one act and ten tableaux, and the dramatis personae were Mr. Reginald Gray, '75, as Cox, Mr. V. Y. Bowditch, '75, as Box, and Mr. S. H. Hooper, '75, as Sergeant Bouncer. These gentlemen sustained their parts very acceptably, and both their singing and acting were well received. The Lullaby Song was rendered by Mr. Bowditch in a particularly happy manner...