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...graphically the action of a spinning wheel, commencing with the slow whirr and gradually accelerated motion and then ending with a faint high note. The Symphony, written about fifty years ago, is a passionate work, full of poetry and nature. Mr. Nikisch's conception of this and all the rest of the numbers was masterly and the whole concert well served to carry the series off to the past, gone in fact but delightful still in memory...
...condition that prevents his taking any exercise. Vail's injury at playing foot ball was so serious that the doctor forbid his rowing. Now, Cummings has been out of the boat for a week, and it is not known whether he will be able to row the rest of the season. Still there are men enough left so that the eight seats can be filled each day, and the crew goes out for a row. Last Friday the barge was set up for the season, and a shell taken down and used in its stead. As usual at first...
According to the recently published Year Book of the Universities of the World, by Dr. Kukula, there are now 147 universities on the globe. In attendance the Paris University leads all the rest with 9,115 students, followed by Vienna with 6,220 and Berlin...
...balls well but threw poorly. Rogers played first base for four innings, when he turned his ankle and was relieved by Lighthall. Dreyfus played a good game at second. Whittemore of the 'varsity played for the first time with the freshmen. He played a strong game on third. The rest of the nine was made up with Cassatt s.s., Stevenson l. f., Wadsworth c.f., Walker r. f. The batting of the team was poor, as they scored only six hits off a very medium pitcher...
Notwithstanding the score, it seemed at first as if Harvard had never seen a ball game before. Men stole bases, knocked easy ground hits and got their bases, and it seemed as if Brown would have a walkover. Then the men braced up and played the rest of the game in better shape. Harvard scored no runs in the first two innings. In the third Highlands struck out. Hovey got his base on balls, and Hallowell knocked a beauty base hit over in right field and would have gotten second but for a fine stop and throw by Cook. Frothingham...