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...tickets for the two advertised performances of the Hasty Pudding Club in Boston, have been sold. There will be an extra performance of the H. P. C. theatricals Monday evening, April...
Military punishment is divided into three classes; confinement to room, extra guard duty, and light prison. The first is inflicted when some unfortunate has failed to sweep his quarters properly, or has wasted his butter at dinner. The crime of smoking is visited with twelve hours of extra duty, while card-playing, or any such heinous offense, consigns the delinquent to prison for a month or two. The Barracks are inspected daily, and an inquisition officer can cause us much trouble. The clothes-bag, for instance, is probably doing duty as pantry and wine-cellar, and may contain a pipe...
...comes a fresh cry for tickets from those who did not know when and where the sale was to take place, and also from those who applied too late to have their orders filled on Saturday. To meet this new demand the club has consented to give an extra performance in Boston on Monday next. There can be but little question of its success. Eighty-four gave a third representation of their play, "Hernani," which was in every way successful; and judging from the way in which "Joan of Arc" was received last week in New York, there...
...course count for a degree, on the ground that such an accomplishment is not part of a liberal education. Waiving the objection, although it can apply with equal force to some courses already in the curriculum, we think that a sufficient number of men would take it as an extra to warrant the experiment. The expense, which in the minds of the authorities is the really strong argument against it, need not be great; for an expert could be hired for a sum not very large to give instruction, say, three hours a week, which would probably be sufficient...
...substitutes are Edgerly, Read, Harrington and Foster. This week, during the absence of B. B. Thayer, Harrington is rowing with the crew. Only a brief mention can be made of individual faults. No. 1 invariably catches behind in consequence of an extra reach he endeavors to take; No. 2 does not pull his oar clear through to the end; No. 3 swings out badly, and feathers under water; No. 4 swings in, and faces his oar over too much; No. 5 uses his slide too soon; No. 6 sinks his oar at the finish; No. 7 rushes...