Word: magdalene
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Speaking of the choir of Magdalen College Mr. Collier says: "The two most famous-and deservedly famous-choirs in the world are the Bach choir at Leipsic and the choir of the Magdalen Chapel at Oxford. I had often heard the Bach choir and had never had an opportunity of hearing the Magdalen choir, or the "Maudlin" choir, as the name is always pronounced in England. I never heard in the Leipsic choir any such marvelously sweet and true voices as those that compose the Oxford choir. The choir is richly endowed, and so it may draw from...
Oxford consists of twenty-one colleges, three halls and at present two private halls. The colleges are, All Souls, Balliol, Brasenose, Christ Church, Corpus Christi, Exeter, Hertford, Jesus, St. John's, Keble, Lincoln, Magdalen, Merton, New, Oriel, Pembroke, Queen's, Trinity, University (the oldest, endowed in 1249 A. D.), Wadham, Worcester; the halls are, St. Edmund, St. Mary and New Inn; the private halls are, Charsley's and Turrell...
...Christ Church is the dean, who is in fact the dean of the cathedral of Oxford; All Souls, Keble, New and Wadham have wardens; Brasenose, Jesus and all the halls, or smaller colleges, have principals; Exeter and Lincoln have rectors; Oriel, Queen's and Worcester have provosts; Corpus Christi, Magdalen, St. John's and Trinity have presidents; University (the oldest college), Balliol and Pembroke have masters...
GLOBE THEATRE. - "The New Magdalen." Performance...
GLOBE THEATRE. - "The New Magdalen," Performance...