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...Monday night McCullough appears at the Boston in "Virginius." He comes with the laurels gained in Philadelphia still fresh upon him. His "Virginius" is universally regarded as his masterpiece. His interpretation of the insulted Roman father is vigorously conceived and embodied. However, it is not difficult to account for McCullough's especial success in this play. He is greatly aided by his appearance, for his features are the clear cut ones of the Roman, while the character of the play is such that the actor can understand his lines and read them with intelligence and spirit, something he is wholly...
...transportation. The amount of money so far subscribed indicates that the total amount will fall considerably short of what is required, and Freshmen are reminded that their crew this year demands their most generous support. The care with Yale would certainly be a novelty, but it would be a difficult thing to find a suitable course and accommodations, even if the Yale Freshmen should wish to row, which they do not. The consideration of a Cornell race involves the question still more, and, all things considered, it seems best that Harvard Freshmen, for this year at least, should confine themselves...
...second, instead of being difficult, Oberon ought to be easier for students than Emilia Galotti, which we have just finished...
...intervals. If study, recitation, and recreation can be located at the same hour day after day, both mind and body become accustomed to the routine and labor almost of themselves at their wonted time. To three-hour or even two-hour courses one readily becomes accustomed, but it is difficult to get in harmony with a course which comes once in seven days, at an hour of its own, and is then dismissed from the thoughts for another week. The continuity of interest necessary to much progress in a study is, moreover, sadly wanting in these courses, and there...
...have heard it said that Bostonians are not learned, they only have the faculty of assimilation, of selection and arrangement. If they acquire what little knowledge they have in this informal and easy manner, shall we blame our Western friend for not attempting the more difficult road to wisdom? Shall we not require the Easterner to apply his ingenious process of assimilation to the acquirement of Western virtues...