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...wearisome, and then the short story can pose problems and leave them unanswered. Now the novelists George Sand Dickens and Thackeray not only stated problems, but also answered them. The modern method of the short story, however, is to treat the matter in such an ambiguous manner, that two opposing answers may be possible. Again, a short story writer always asks his readers to take a great deal for granted, which if he were a novelist he might have to spend several chapters in explaining. For aesthetic effects also, it is necessary for the short story writer to follow...
Owing to the mild winter, there has been little good ice this season, and for the reason on many days of the practice season the Harvard team has not been able to use the rink. The men have nevertheless developed in a steady and satisfactory manner, and the team is now stronger than the one which played Yale last year. As individuals, the men are fast skaters, and have worked hard to perfect themselves in the details of their positions. As a team, they are capable of a hard defence, and a fast, though not always concerted attack...
...American colleges seem to be gradually learning how to conduct amateur sports in a reputable manner. Harvard University has had its full share of difficulties during the past thirty years; but it has at last found its way to a satisfactory constitution for a committee to regulate athletic sports. This committee has been imitated in other institutions; and its work has gradually found acceptance among both the undergraduates and the graduates of Harvard University, and among the students and graduates of other institutions. Thus the rules governing eligibility which were worked out by the Harvard committee have proved acceptable...
Owing to the widespread desire to express in some appropriate manner the public appreciation of Roger Wolcott and to perpetuate his memory, a movement has been started to raise a fund by public subscription for the erection of a statue or some other memorial. This memorial would be placed at or in the State House, or in some other public place in Boston...
Tickets for "Minna von Barnhelm" the comedy to be presented by Mr. Conried's company on Jan. 22 will be disposed of in the following manner; On Jan. 8 and 9, before any outside applications have been filled, the second gallery seats will be out on sale at Sever's bookstore for students of Harvard and Radcliffe at the reduced price of fifty cents apiece. No student may purchase more than one of these tickets, which will not be transferable...