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Pennsylvania has played Yale at football for 9 consecutive years and been beaten every time. The worst defeat was 75-0 in '86 the closest game...
...what seems to be a truly exceptional chance of becoming acquainted with some of Ibson's masterpieces, As is well known, the first great successes of Ibson's works, outside of his native country, were achieved in Germany. For years the poet himself has been living in Munich, in closest touch with the literary and artistic life of the Bavarian capital; and the best of his dramas have long since become household works of all the great German theatres. One of Ibson's personal friends in Germany, Fraulein Eugenie Wohlmuth, is at present among us, and will read selections from...
Harvard was defeated yesterday in the game with Dartmouth at Hanover, N. H., by a score of 4 to 3. The game was one of the closest that has been played this year. The batteries were for Dartmouth, O'Connor and Ranney, for Harvard, Highlands and Upton. Both of the teams got precisely the same number of hits and strikeouts, and only three bases on balls were given during the game...
...goes without saying that a man of Senator Hawley's reputation commanded the closest kind of attention. His record as a leader in the Senate made his remarks on the tariff the subject of the deepest interest. Apt quotations from Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill's works were used effectively in illustrating his points and proved conclusively, when supplemented by his own material, the necessity of this country for a protective tariff. The Senator spoke feelingly on the subject of domestic manufactures, gave vivid examples of prosperity under the present system, and closed by exposing our present helplessness...
...first be noted why the perception of any measured combination of notes should be a source of excitement. Sound is in itself a stirring and rousing sensation; in its production the nerves are acted upon by a considerable mechanical force; the end organ of its perception is in closest proximity to the cerebral hemispheres; further, musical notes are to the nervous system comparatively unwonted experiences, and they are almost pure pleasures; finally, the textures of sound of which music consists force themselves upon the attention during considerable periods of time together; and moreover usually involve the strongly exciting characteristics...