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...speaking for the Boylston prizes took place in Sanders Theatre last night, in the presence of an audience which nearly filled the room. The judges were Messrs. T. W. Higginson, F. Parkman, Rev. J. H. Thayer, E. W. Hooper, Moorfield Story, Waldo Higginson, Gamaliel Bradford, Prof. J. B. Thayer and S. B. Warren. The speaking throughout was very good, the seniors averaging better than the juniors. First prizes were awarded to Messrs. B. M. Firman and S. Hoar; second prizes to G. H. Eaton, O. Putnam and G. H. Page. The speaking closed at 9.30, the announcement of the award...
...Shepard are to issue T. W. Higginson's works in a new and uniform edition...
...Higginson lectured before the Roseland Club, of North Cambridge, Thursday evening on "How to Read History...
...know Shakspeare by heart. I'd ruther hear him in the original, like my friend Salviny; but you've got to excuse me now; I'm goin' to lecture before the Woman Suffrage Society with my friend Ker'nel Higginson - I'm goin' to carry the pitcher of water on the stage" - and, rubbing his ancient beaver on his shiny coat-sleeve, Dan'l bowed the reporter...
...levity, a tendency which should be checked, both because it seems to be growing in the Union, and because in a speech on a serious subject, wit and humor should not be the main elements. The audience, however, was good-natured, and readily over-looked all shortcomings. Colonel Higginson's presence and remarks showed the interest he takes in the Union. The experiment of allowing all who so wished, both ladies and gentlemen, to come to hear the debate was so successful that hereafter it will be, we presume, the rule rather than the exception...