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...truth of the matter is that the Glee Club have treated the crew very shabbily in not giving the concert before, when more people were in town. The Jamaica Plain and Cambridge concerts, too, drew away from the audience on Tuesday. As to the concert not begin advertised, I happen to know that circulars were sent to all the houses on the Back Bay and notices published in all the daily papers, etc. The night was rainy and disagreeable; most people who wanted to hear the Glee Club sing had already heard them, and the rest were out of town...
...class crews have now been on the river for some time. Most of the men are so new that it is hard to tell what will happen to them. The seniors perhaps show the best form at the present day; their blade work is not very bad on the whole. The juniors are new, clumsy and heavy. Whatever may be said against them little can be brought out in their praise. The freshmen are new and excessively rough. No opinion can be formed of them; they are very heavy. The sophomores looked badly yesterday. They...
...prospect. The men do not seem to have the enthusiasm that freshmen generally have about their crew. There seems to be absolutely nobody among the candidates who can be picked out as a good man. On this account the competition is sure to be sharp, and it may happen that eight men can be found who will average well and make a good crew even if there are no remarkable...
...present there are two events which fill up the rowing calendar of the university-the class races and the Yale race. Other events happen, of almost no importance, such as the scratch races in the fall and a sculling match in the spring. Though the first are usually well attended and quite interesting, they afford no experience in rowing and are not thought of a week before or a week after the event. The sculling race excites no interest whatever except to the participants and half a dozen lookers...
...Violet and Orange Blossoms" is a pathetic story which ought to arouse our sympathy, but we cannot weep for we cannot find any reason for the poor poet's despair. Such tragic events are interesting when written about, but they do not happen nowadays. The picture of the poor poet burning his opera act by act, to keep himself from freezing while writing his poem is well written...