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...place is nothing, when I'm near to thee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTER A LONG SILENCE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...discovery by the Corporation that, by a clause in the will of the donor, Appleton Chapel can only be used for religious services and public exercises is a most unfortunate one, as it necessitates finding some other place for the instruction in elocution which is now given there by Mr. Riddle. We understand that he is now reduced to the alternative of giving his lessons either in the old Gymnasium or in Upper Massachusetts. Considering the fact that neither of these rooms can be heated, and that they are poorly adapted for this use even if they could be, this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...becoming interested. Then, too, it is rather hard for us to appreciate the dramatic attempts of the thirteenth century in England, when Noah's Ark and Balaam's Ass were the only plays that had a "run." The next lecture, to be given at the same hour and place Monday, will be in reality the beginning, and we doubt not that those who attend the course will be introduced to much curious and valuable English literature to which they are now strangers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...hares should select their line of country before the run takes place. The time allowed the hares varies according to the proposed duration of the run, - varying from five to twenty minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

NOTWITHSTANDING reports to the contrary, work in the Gymnasium is progressing. The netting in the Nine's practice-room has been put in place, and the base-ball men practise there every day. The bowling-alleys would have been opened for use after the Thanksgiving recess, but the men charged with their preparation did not do their work well, and portions of it must be altered before the alleys can be used. The straight smooth alleys and the handsome scoring-slates offer an agreeable contrast to the irregular uneven alleys and unsightly blackboards of the old Gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GYMNASIUM APPARATUS. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »