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...each party slowly brought out his pieces, and Nicolls developed a slight attack, which was strengthened by a mistake of his opponent. From this point the game was entirely in Nicolls' favor and on the twenty-third move Sturgis was obliged to resign. The game as a whole was rather well played, but not particularly interesting. This match gives the championship of the college to Nicolls...
...Sweet Lavender.The Boston Museum was comfortably filled last evening at the first production in Boston this season of "Sweet Lavender." "Sweet Lavender" is, as some one has said, a delightful play, delightfully acted. The plot is rather intricate, and full of surprises. Many of the situations are charming, and the dialogue is almost always bright. The sentiment is not false nor overdone, as the title of the play might lead one to expect. The work of the museum company was equal, and the acting of no one in the cast was positively bad. Perhaps the most praise...
...national university leads Harvard. The result is that Harvard is losing her interest in the national life and is forfeiting to some extent the highest privilege of a university, namely, the power of educating the people. The third editorial asks whether "our university should not be a complementary rather than a formative institution." The answer is that both departments, undergraduate as as well as post-graduate, are worthy of cultivation, but that it is through the undergraduate department that the nation is most directly reached. The remedy for this condition of affairs is "a truly democratic spirit, freedom from narrow...
...Cannibal" is rather a curious sketch. To say the least, the story is incoherent, and it is difficult to get at the exact meaning of the author...
...Prentiss of Yale" continued from the last number is as disjointed as it bade to be. The plot is rather commonplace, especially as regards the end of the story. The number closes with the Advocate's Brief brought up to January fifth...