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...Inquisition. But soon hammering calls us up stairs again; they are just finishing the tomb. The carpenter is nailing together the parts of the statue of Isis and calling for the missing head, while above him the moon is getting into the right position. The property-man rushes around supplying the necessary beards and wigs; the caller comes down stairs, ringing the bell before each dressing-room, and there at the right of the stage stands the manager, with all his machinery within reach and the whole theatre under his thumb, ready to give the signal. The system is perfect...
...present. The great improvement of the chorus singing on that of similar occasions in the past was due entirely to Mr. Jecko's efforts previous to the evening of the supper, and the arrangement he adopted in seating a number of the best singers of the class around...
...each Sophomore should be required to write, on an average, three themes a week. For the more mature Juniors an aesthetical course was designated, namely, a course in music. It was proposed to take Memorial Hall, and rent one hundred and fifty Chickering pianos, to be arranged in rows around the hall. The exercises on the pianos were to take up the whole forenoon, suitable teachers being provided, and the whole superintended by Gilmore. The afternoon was to be occupied in composition, each Junior having to write at least twenty-five operas in the course of the year, the librettos...
...from my place of concealment, and burst out into loud hurrahs and cheers. The speaker stopped, everybody started, and cries of "Treason!" and "Put him out!" were heard all over the room. I was seized by the collar, and, before I could collect my senses, a rope was fastened around my neck, and to my horror I found that my fears of suspension were about to be realized. For the Professors fastened the rope round a pulley and began to raise me into the air. As soon as my feet left the ground I felt myself suddenly transformed into...
...begins his afternoon parade by standing on the steps of the New Haven House, with an old toothpick in his mouth that he has kept for the purpose. After he has made a good impression he starts down street, stopping long enough to get a cigar charged; he circulates around until the free soup is ready at Eli's, and then slips in and enjoys himself for an hour, drinking on a friend in the mean time. There are plenty of them here in college...