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...account of the conflict made with the hours of the 'Varsity nine. The training for the first few weeks will not be at all severe, it being Mr. Cady's plan to get the men into good physical condition by means of light but daily systematic exercise before attempting to do any heavy work. This plan of exercise has been adopted by the captains of the Harvard nines for the past two or three years, and it is wise on Mr. Cady's part to continue the policy of training the candidates in the kind of exercise which will serve...
...opened with the hymn by the choir "Hark! hark the organ. Dr. McKenzie offered a prayer, after which the choir sang the anthem "A bide with us," by Whitney. The address was made by Rev. William Lawrence. The speaker read from the Bible the account of Peter's attempt to persuade his Master not to go to Jerusalem and of Christ's answer to the tempter. Peter, the speaker said, had been the first to realize the meaning of the Saviour's mission, but when the time came for self-denial and for action the disciple hesitated...
...last word concerning Delphi was heard, and from that time until comparatively lately it has remained buried in the deepest obscurity. In 1840, Dr. Ottfield Muller went to the site of Delphi and his work showed the opportunity for discovery and research among the ruins. Twenty years later another attempt at discovery was made by the French. America had no hand in the work until some eleven years ago Gen. Meredith Read, the United States Minister to Greece, interested himself in the matter. He was soon recalled from Athens, however, and it was not until two years ago that Americans...
Fidelia is a not very successful attempt to imitate the old English "Spectator" style of two centuries ago. The most interesting article in the number is Mr. Warren's "Oxford to a Harvard Man." It is merely a sketch of a ramble through the old university town but it contains an entertaining account of the boating life of the university and a charming description of Magdalen College with its quaint old buildings and curious customs The college feeling at Oxford is well contrasted with the class and university feeling here. The article is brightly written, but is marred by errors...
...synopsis of the principal scenes and characters in the play, so that those who were not at the first lecture might be made thoroughly familiar with the personality and surroundings of the drama. Mr. Lawton began his reading at the third Episode and finished the play. He did not attempt to give a dramatic delivery of the story, but to tell it in such a way that an intelligent comprehension of its true greatness might be gained by the audience. Mr. Lawton's rhythmic translation was most pleasing to the ear, and his attempts to render the odes into English...