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...interested in what the present administration has done in the past year, or may attempt to do in the future, will find therein an excellent synopsis of advancement during 1910-11 as well as the foreshadowing of one or two changes to come. Aside from a report of progress along lines already laid down, we notice four points well worthy of comment...
...Boston is so close, and the function of the Opera is so distinctly educational that it would be particularly appropriate for Harvard to take a leading part in supporting the Boston Opera. Aside from the enormous prestige which the University would gain in taking the lead in America along such a line, it would be of infinite advantage to men attending the University to have an opportunity of rounding out their general education by frequently attending the Opera. It would seem almost as important a part of the all around education of a man, as for students at the Medical...
...which the linking together of Harvard and the Boston Opera should materialize is of course a matter of detail that would have to be worked out by a committee of prominent graduates, members of the Faculty, and undergraduates. It would seem as though the result might be worked out along the lines of a Harvard fund, the income of which should go to the support of the Opera, together with a musical association within the University which men might join at a comparatively trifling cost which would give them the privilege of attending the Opera on certain nights...
...Along the way are scattered a few pretty songs which would be prettier if the lyrics were more singable, one clever take-off on the modern physician whose only cure is to operate, several excellent choruses with a score of splendidly gowned girls to sing them, one thrilling Italian dance, and one ear-splitting fantasia on a large set of bells. In sum, a clean, pretty performance, which, while it does not escape the structural perils of musical comedy, has no other great blemishes...
...presented the greatest difficulty for the coaches to solve for the only men on the squad who shot from that side lacked the requisite snap and dash. Pierce has played the position most frequently and, in spite of the disadvantage of shooting from the left, seems to get along very well...