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...DEAR SIR: - You are cordially invited to take part in a chorus of male voices on May 30th, Memorial Day, in honor of the Harvard students who fell...
...features of the game. Colgate came to the bat first and scored twice in the first inning. With one man out Newland knocked an easy grounder which went through Wrenn. F. Munro came to the bat, made a beautiful hit to left field which Rand tried to get but fell, and two runs came in. The next two men went out at first. For Harvard, Winslow flied out to short, Rand got his base on balls and stole second. Whittemore hit to the centre fielder, who made an error, allowing Rand to score, while Whittemore went to second. Burgess...
...Vincent third. The mile run was a disappointment to Harvard. Morgan set a slow pace for three laps, with Coolidge at his elbow and Wadhams and Emerson well up. In the last lap Coolidge increased his speed and took the lead, but at the last turn he weakened and fell back. Emerson came up from the rear with surprising speed and almost beat out Morgan for first place, while Wadhams was a close third...
...important. Night after night a part must be played and give the same effect every time. If the actor grows weary, he produces a weary audience. Mr. Macready, the famous actor, once said to Mrs. Warner that one of his great speeches, which used to make a great hit, fell flat. Was it an old story with the audience? The character has been detected by his son in the act of stealing. "When you spoke that speech ten years ago," replied Mrs. Warner, "you spoke like a man accused of theft by his son. You hardly knew what...
...October 7, a large Japanese force landed at the head of the peninsula of Port Arthur; a similar force had already landed just across the isthmus. These two forces advanced slowly down the peninsula and, on November 23, Port Arthur fell after forty hours fighting. The Japanese then marched along the coast and drove the Chinese beyond the the Siao River. Wei Hai Wei was invested by land and sea in January and finally all the fortifications fell into the hands of the Japanese. This practically opened the way to Pekin...