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Instructor, explaining centrifugal force: "Now, gentlemen, I will illustrate by the apparatus. When I apply-when the power is applied by the crank at this end"-(Sudden confusion and prolonged applause...
...Eighty-Four to remember that the officers elected, however contrary to his own wishes, will represent the desire of the majority of the class ; and that therefore it is only gentlemanly to acquiesce in the result of the elections with the best possible grace, and do everything in his power to make the class day of Eighty-Four a pleasant and successful...
...present lack of competition in orchestra concerts in Boston. Max Heicrich, the soloist, sang with rare taste, especially in the Mozart Aria, where the roughness of the orchestra was a serious obstacle to a fine rendering of the cadences. His voice is pleasing and remarkably even, without any great power. The Dvorak Symphony offers a large field for criticism. Still we do not see the obscurity so much complained of, the themes are distinct and well developed and at times intertwine to great advantage in the modern fashion invented by Wagner. Gounod's Entr'acte (La Colombe) is remarkably expressive...
...been brought about; there have been various causes, and the blame does not rest altogether on the shoulders of any one class. But what is our concern and the concern of every patriotic citizen of the United States is to find a remedy, and the only remedy in our power is to see that every honest and intelligent vote possible is cast. Harvard men were not found wanting in patriotism in the war for the Union, and they should not be backward now, when the struggle is no less for the existence of that government against the corrupting influences which...
...just treatment of questions of college interest vindicates their right to a free expression of opinion, if they have any right to exist at all. That this is now a generally accepted belief is indicated by the almost unheard-of interference of college faculties with the exercise of this power. In many of the colleges the growing consideration for student opinion has resulted in the admission of its voice in the councils of college management, and there would seem to be no fair reason for the suppression of college public sentiment through the generally faithful medium of the press...