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...that examinations are now upon us than the yard windows, late at night. Ordinarily the various dormitories stand out against the sky like great masses of gloom. relieved by only an occasional light; now the rooms whose darkened windows show that their occupants are not grinding, are the exceptions rather than the rule...
...that the gloomy clouds of the examination period darken our days. We are all prone to be in a rather irritable frame of mind, and are apt to become excited over trifles which pass unheeded in happier times. This state of feeling has been shown in past years by incessant complaints of the thought-lessness of those musically-inclined students who persist in keeping up a vigorous course of piano or violin practice during examination time, greatly to the annoyance and indignation of their temporarily studious neighbors. But this year there seems to be a lull in this species...
...only nine colleges, shows up better than Ohio in the provision made for their support, These figures, which might be tediously multiplied, give rise to the suspicion that many of our colleges are, in fact, little better than academies, and are colleges only in name, and this suspicion is rather confirmed by the disproportionate number of scholars in the preparatory departments in the regular college course...
Gladly would we comply, were it within our power. Space, however, or rather the lack of space, prevents us. We doubt if the "Four Freshmen" are fully alive to the enormous demands which they make upon us. We freely forgive them. Their excuse is ignorance or the present low state of the thermometer, which accounts for many cool things. When they have been longer with their class they will begin to comprehend that the number of bright men with whom they are associated is legion-not four...
...high degree of finish and unity which it has acquired under Mr. Gericke. The soloist of the evening was Miss Fannie Bloomfield, whose appearance was surprisingly youthful for a public performer. Of the playing of the difficult Henselt concert, there is little to be said. The work itself is rather calculated to display technique, in which Miss Bloomfield is not at all lacking, than to present any important musical ideas. What few of the latter it does possess were certainly not brought out in any satisfactory manner; the performance was as hard and dry as it well could...