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...were characterized by good scholarship as well as by conviviality, they will be missed more as individuals than as a body. The Nine lose a captain whom it will be very difficult to replace. Many of the societies lose their most efficient officers and most energetic members, and the Glee Club and Pierian Sodality will find several missing from their ranks. It is a source of great satisfaction, however, in this time of our success on the river, to know that the Captain of the 'Varsity will be with us this year, and will take his old thwart...
...exercises around the Tree. It is fortunate that the Freshmen were not admitted, as there was not enough room for the Juniors and Sophomores to swing around the tree. "Teas" then followed, and occupied the time until 8 o'clock, when dancing began at Memorial Hall. The Glee Club sang from the steps of Holworthy about 9 P. M., and the "real college songs" were enjoyed by the hundreds of visitors who were walking under the rosy light of the Chinese lanterns...
...singing of the Glee Club in front of Holworthy...
...would be to reproduce, for the benefit of future ages, the exact tones and expressions of great orators like the Rev. Joseph Cook and Daniel Pratt. An autophone of the babel at Memorial Hall during dinner-time would be a valuable means of awakening old recollections. And the Glee Club, too, instead of being photographed, will hereafter be phonographed; and in place of preserving the members' portraits - which in a few years will be all out of style - we can carefully preserve and accurately reproduce the melodious tones of their voices, a source of great surprise and much edification...
...Wright, Latham, and Nunn also doing well. Nunn and Wright played best in the field for Harvard, while Hamill and Dodge excelled for Princeton. Immediately after the game an excellent dinner was given to the Nine by their attentive hosts. In the evening the Princeton Glee Club and College Orchestra favored the visitors with some excellent vocal and instrumental music, after which a bountiful collation was served, to which the Harvard men did full justice...