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...expected and feared. Now and then a line, especially if it had a pathetic or humerous purport, would come out in quite a human way. The most striking general failing was a tendency to make too many pauses in a sentence, as if the young speakers felt the need of a certain start before making an emphasis, on the reculer pour mieux sauter principle. The lack of by-play was striking, albeit natural, and almost all the participants fell into the error, common to all American -born amateurs, of looking preternaturally solemn-as if the destinies of the stellar system...
...Harvard, '87, but Yale refused to play on any of those days. Then, finally our freshmen offered to play on any day named by Yale; whereupon the latter refused to play off the tie at all. What motive influenced Yale, '87, to adopt this course is a matter which need not be considered. The facts were that Harvard, '87, was willing and anxious to decide the championship by a third game, and that it offered to play on any day named by Yale; that Yale, '87, refused to play a tie game. Under these circumstances, Harvard, '87, had a clear...
Subjects for the junior forensic examination need not yet be handed in. Due notice will ce given with regard to them...
...Monday evening the Shakspere Club will upon it undertake a task which is second in its difficulty only to the representation of Oedipus Tyrannus. Great labor has been expended upon the stage fittings of the play, and if success is deserved by hard and conscientious work the Shakspere Club need not fear for the success of their great venture. The peculiar formation of the stage in Sanders was found to be a great drawback to an easy utilization of the entire space, and it was only by employing a frieze to conceal the supports of the music loft that...
...courses for upper-classmen are: In German one, a half course which is for "practice in writing and speaking German," and which will satisfy a need that has long been felt by the less advanced students of German; in Political Economy, one; in History, two, and in Mathematics, three. The new course in German, numbered 9, will doubtless prove very successful and popular. Conducted by Prof. Bartlett, it is a great addition to the German department. The new courses, Political Economy 10 and History 20, open only to graduates and other students of advanced standing, are destined to be very...