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...play on some one of the orchestral instruments, to do their part toward keeping up and building up the College orchestra, will doubtless meet with the wished for response from these who are capable of taking part in concerted music. It must be borne in mind, though, that a certain amount of training is necessary to enable the performer to keep in with the rest and play with the necessary shading as directed by the leader. Many a man would like to take part in the College music but cannot because he has not had this training. The musical life...
...opportunity for students to meet one another informally and to bring them in closer touch with the officers of the University and their families, some of whom will be present at each tea. As in former years the entertainments will be managed by a committee of the wives of certain members of the Faculty...
...game than they were believed to be capable of; and when Yale's powerful mass plays succeeded in penetrating the line, the secondary defense repeatedly threw the runner back for no gain or a loss. For its plucky, unflinching, uphill fight continued only more resolutely when defeat had become certain, the team cannot receive too high praise. Throughout the game, in its remarkable defensive strength, its glimpses of a powerful attack, and its indomitable spirit, the Harvard team showed possibilities which if rightly developed would almost surely have won victory instead of defeat...
Unwise philanthropy, widely speaking, is the chief objective cause of vagrancy. Indiscriminate public relief-houses, where help is given without investigation, so-called religious institutions to which those conforming to certain superficial tests are unjustly admitted, lack of keen and proper supervision, in lodging-houses--all these encourage rather than decrease the number of non-workers...
France has had a short experience in self-government and the sharp religious divisions of the country have hampered its rulers. At present there are a good representative system, honest elections on the whole and a fair judiciary, but the government is too centralized and still has a certain element of instability...