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...daily more and more apparent. Last year remonstrances and complaints were made to the gymnasium authorities about the matter, and, if we mistake not, a reform was promised. But the condition of things has not been changed in the least, and we have the same old picture of a group of shivering men in the bathroom waiting sometimes as long as a quarter of an hour to get a chance to use the shower-bath. During the winter months the gymnasium is used much more than at the other seasons of the year, and while during the spring and fall...
Views of many other churches and statues were also shown, giving altogether a most clear and satisfactory idea of the city. Pisa is situated on the Arno nearer the sea. The city is noted for a group of buildings surrounding the Duomo, or cathedral, which dates from the eleventh century. In this church is the identical lamp from whose movements Galileo deduced the laws of the pendulum. The baptistry is a very handsome building, but the chief interest centers in the well known "Leaning Tower," from whose summit Galileo made his experiments on falling bodies. The attitude of this tower...
...under negotiation has made its acceptance impossible. Thus the Greek government offers Delphi to the world, to be sold to the highest bidder. Fully $80,000 is necessary for its purchase, as the village of Castri is situated on the site. For the purpose of raising this money, a group of New York gentlemen are soliciting subscriptions. It will be interesting to note how far the Americans will go for the purpose of advancing a knowledge of the ancient world, so necessary to a complete appreciation of that much-ridiculed "culture" of today...
...Glee Club followed next with a group of two glees-"Courtship," by A. W. Thayer, and "The Happier Land," by Hatton. "Courtship" was sung with exquisite taste, and showed the long and patient work which doubtless had been given to it. The audience, however, did not seem to appreciate it as fully as they might have done...
...concert closed with a group of college songs by the Glee Club. They were all well rendered, especially "The dude who didn't Dance," sung by Mr. Painter with a quartette accompaniment. This was the hit of the evening, being received with a tremendous burst of applause. Mr. Painter was obliged to sing two extra verses...