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THERE will be a service at S. Paul's Society to-morrow, Saturday evening, that being Easter Eve. It may not be generally understood that all members of the University are invited to any services of the Society...
...interesting, and though we can learn but little, comparatively, of what is to be known, - of the omne scibile, - yet we have reached a stage at which it is desirable for us to take a broad, general view of the whole field of knowledge. This is necessary that we may have some understanding of the work of students in other departments than those in which it holds in the grand whole, as well as to enable us to choose our own studies. Besides, it is just as important, especially in an education professing to be, par excellence, liberal, to obtain...
...small, possesses some of the finest religious edifices in the State, and the Mt. Holyoke Ladies' Seminary, as well as another "College for Ladies, is near at hand. "Board can be obtained for $3.50 a week, or a little more"; and that the luxuries of life are not unknown, may be seen from the statement that "a diminutive popcorn boy has been amassing a colossal fortune among the students lately...
...most taking thing sung by the Glee Club was "The Three Glasses," by Fischer. It is a bright, sparkling glee, and was given with great vim. It may be well to state that the bunch of grapes following this piece was put there by the printer for ornament, with no reference to what preceded. "The Water Lily" and "Spring's Return" were sung fairly. The crescendo and diminuendo passages were well given, but in piano the 2d bass was too loud several times. The "Chorus of Pilgrims," from Tannhauser, was given with grand effect. Considering the difficulties which...
...vocal entertainment given at the Cambridge Conservatory of Music on the evening of March 4, by Mr. George Lyon, Jr., and Mr. D. M. Babcock, may be considered as a decided success. The programme for the evening was of unusual length, replete with excellent selections, all of which were well delivered and much appreciated by the audience. Among the selections by Mr. Lyon were: Tennyson's Lady Clare, Poe's Bells, The Maniac, Little Jim, and others. His delivery of Tennyson's Lady Clare was excellent, and served well to illustrate his powers in that style of reading...