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...interested in playing good music are asked to reserve this date. The Pierian is particularly fortunate in having for its conductor Mr. Ernst Hoffman '18. Mr. Hoffman is now a first violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is a conductor of marked ability. Mr. Hoffman was also concert master of the Pierian for two years and was its conductor two years ago. Besides the social side and the pleasure of the trips, playing in the orchestra will be of decided instructive worth to its members. It is chiefly from the orchestra that candidates for the Sodality are chosen...
...Federation of Harvard Clubs announces a scholarship of $200 to be awarded to a candidate for admission to Harvard College from the New England States, who is to be selected on the basis of his record in the college entrance examinations and his recommendations from the principal or head master of his school...
...candidate must be in reasonable need of scholarship aid, and must have attained honorable rank in school. Candidates must be recommended by the principals or head masters of their respective schools, and the numbers so recommended shall be limited to two from any one school. The principal or head master shall certify to the good moral character and honorable rank in school of the candidate. A parent or guardian shall certify that the candidate is in reasonable need of scholarship aid. The candidate will be selected by the Scholarship Committee from among the six candidates who receive the highest marks...
...Fogg Art Museum has recently acquired a monumental painting of Saint Jerome, by the Spanish master Ribera The picture represents the artist's best work. Although realistically rendered, it does not show the over-emphasis on disagreeable details, apparent in many of Ribera's works, nor his exaggerated "tenebroso" manner, in which the greater part of the canvas is painted in deep shadow, and certain parts in very high light against the shadow. The noble and dignified figure of the saint is well characterized and splendidly handled. Particularly fine is the rendering of flesh. The picture recalls the Apostles...
...blending of gin and vermouth? Or does it mean acting together, but one sovereign, like whiskey and soda? As far as we are able to see, "Nobody knows--and nobody seems to care." All we may do is to be philosophical like the valet, who tried to comfort his master in an agony of gout with the words: "It's not your fault, sir. You really cawn't help your constitution...