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...second only to commencement week itself. The celebration of Washington's birthday was ushered in Monday evening by the presentation of "Our Boys" by the Dramatic Association. The play was by far the best the association has yet put upon the stage. Every man acted his role with telling effect; especial mention should, however, be made of the hits made by Adams, '88. McAlpin, '88, and Gray...
...class of '89. They also purchased nearly 200 seats in the front row of the opera house. Mr. Wall accepted the latter, but declined the former proposition as he had been warned by Fire Marshal Kennedy that such an exhibition of the flag would have the same effect on the sophomore class as the showing of a red flag to an enraged bull, so he told them: "No flags, boys, if you please." The boys consented. One of the freshmen then obtained employment as a supe from Lizzie Evans company, which to-night played "Sea Sands." He had the flag...
...that department." In conclusion, Mr. Shaler refers to the English system, by which "many of the secondary schools of that country have in their possession presentations and scholarships which enable youths who win them to defray in part, or wholly, their education at either Oxford or Cambridge. ... The effect of these presentations both on the school which gives and that which receives, is good. They help the lower schools to fill their classes with youths contending for the prize, and they give to the universities well selected students...
...always interesting to have a sidelight thrown on the effect which a great political event has on a small community or on an individual living in it. In this way the following letter written by a Harvard student on "Sept'br ye 23d 1777" well portrays some of the effects of the Revolution on his mind and on the college community at large. He complains bitterly of the rise of prices. After a very short "family" sentence he goes on to say: "Wood is but twenty dollars pr. cord, the corporation meet to-morrow to determine upon a vacation...
...partisan and disgusted with the game, and several times pushed into the diamond and stopped the playing. At one time, during the sixth inning, there was a long intermission for a fight between two egotistic and excited bystanders; cause of fight unknown, ditto, result." All this, though, had the effect of heightening the excitement of the Harvard contingent, when they saw the Lowell audience making every effort to bully them out of the game. Their enthusiasm at the end was boundless, and when they finally realized that the score, Harvard, 39, Lowell, 28, meant victory and the Silver Ball, there...