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Last night in Brattle Hall, Henry Woodruff gave his first special performance of three one-act plays, "On the Arcady Trail." "A Bit of Instruction," and "Chatterton the Dreamer." He was well assisted by a number of amateurs, including H. T. Nichols '97, A. F. Riggs '98 and L. L. Gillespie...
...showed careful rehearsing. Woodruff showed his versatility in three quite different parts and came up to the highest expectations that his previous performances had raised. The audience was appreciative and enthusiastic, especially at the interpretation of the realistic part of Jack Despard, "of the Thalia Company" in "A Bit of Instruction." Tonight the performance will be repeated at 8 o'clock in Brattle Hall...
...first production, "On the Arcady Trail," a little fantasy, Woodruff will be assisted by Miss Grace Sherwood of Radcliffe; in the second, "A Bit of Instruction," a little comedy drama, Woodruff and Mr. Henry Gay, a prominent member of the Footlight Club, will take part. The last production will be "Chatterton." In this Woodruff will be assisted by A. F. Riggs '98, L. L. Gillespie '98, H. T. Nichols '97, Mr. Wm. Kittredge, Miss Rachael North and Miss Katharine Walker...
...figures which appear today as to registration in the University, though incomplete, offer a most gratifying bit of concrete evidence as to the consistent progress Harvard is making from year to year. Each increase in numbers has been considerable, and better than that, the increase seems to be constant, so that one is justified in regarding the growth, not as fluctuating and therefore accidental and dependent on outside influences, but as a steady expansion, caused by the constantly growing prestige of the institution...
...Perkins's boat has been rowing for three weeks with its present make up and has that advantage over the other crews. Biddle is a good stroke, and Perkins at 3 backs him up with a powerful oar. Brown, No. 2, is rowing a bit roughly and Wood at bow does not seem to use all his strength to advantage. The chief faults of the crew are lack of leg drive and slowness in shooting the hand away on the recover...