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...following extracts from The Mail (London) will be of interest to our readers, as they give an Englishman's impressions of Harvard's 250th Anniversary...
...attack is made upon the founder of the Club, whose earnest efforts met only with careless indifference from the members. In a weak attempt to imitate the bad English of Artemas Ward, the writer declares that "owing to the indifference of the instructor in elocution, the interest in the club was allowed to die out owing to the rarity of the meetings," - thus kindly offering to the reader a choice between the two alleged causes of death. Mention is made of the "good work and conscientious endeavor" of the club in the past, and "its old position of usefulness...
Your correspondent speaks of "those of the old members who still feel an interest in the study of dramatic expression and desire a higher course of training than that afforded by the elementary courses in elocution." This attempt to detract from the value and extent of the work now being accomplished by the present instructor in elocution puts one in mind of the eager and superficial athlete who wishes to run in the New York athletic games, but considers the daily routine work of the team unworthy of his remarkable powers. When your talented correspondent is older and wiser...
...conclusion of the foot-ball season, and the fact that all outside exercise is rendered impossible on account of the heavy fall of snow, have combined to turn interest in athletics to the gymnasium. And one is especially struck at the number of men who have started in to train for their respective class crews...
...Shakspere Club should not be allowed to become extinct, as it threatens to become if immediate steps are not taken to revive it, and restore it to its old position of usefulness and popularity. Last year, owing to the indifference of the of the instructor in elocution, the interest taken in the club was allowed to die out owing to the rarity of the meetings and the club itself became practically a thing of the past. This year a few of the old members of the club, who still retain an interest in its success, tried to revive...