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...further remarks: "Mr. Adams gives a practical illustration of the license now given to cultivated persons to spell Shakspeare in whatever way they like, by adopting one style on the title page and another on the text." From this it would appear that the Shakspeare Club has a perfect right to spell its name in whatever manner it pleases, and a little eccentricity on its part cannot be regarded in the serious way that the "Member of English 2" is disposed to take...
...self evident truth to say that almost anyone can sit down and pick to pieces or show defects in the best of written work. But, does anyone think that merely because a person is able to show faults in some one else, he is also able to write perfect English himself and avoid all the defects and blemishes he has seen in another. No one will deny that our English department, taken as a whole, is conducted with ability - and understanding, yet no one can reasonably wonder if the members of a class demur at writing criticism after criticism, when...
...feeling, and was marred only by the huskiness before mentioned. In response to a recall, she gave Gurlitt's "Messenger," in which she was even more successful. Nothing better could be imagined than Mr. Kneisel's rendering of the Raff cavatina. His tone was pure and sweet, his intonation perfect, his phrasing broad, and he also showed true musical feeling. His second selection was not so happy, being chiefly noteworthy for a remarkable exhibition of harmonics, and for some rather questionable double stopping...
...summer, the president and captain of the club, Belmont, '86 and Bird, Winthrop, and French made up the team that won the championship of America. The thorough knowledge which Belmont and Bird showed of each other's play was a very noticeable feature of this contest, and their perfect co-operation was like a beautifully organized piece of subtle machinery. It was the same superiority which Princeton has shown in foot-ball by her systematic passing...
Yesterday was the first day of the tennis tournament, and as the day was perfect for the game quite a large number of sets were played. The second round of singles was played, and the doubles were begun. The singles resulted as follows: First round, Lord vs. Keep, 6-3, 6-1; Bowen vs. Reynolds, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Tailer vs. Frost, 6-1, 6-0; H. M. Sears vs. Brewer, 6-3, 6-2; P. S. Sears vs. Mills, 6-1, 6-1; Kuhn vs. Tilton, 6-1, 6-1; Hallowell vs. Mackay...