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...rest of the game, with one or two exceptions, all of Exeter's team play disappeared, and though the men played well individually, the work was too slow and deliberate, and it was evident that they had lost heart long before there was any occasion for doing so. It was Andover's turn to show what she could do and she availed herself of Exeter's demoralization by some pretty work. Her play was in perfect unison, quick, plucky and energetic. Time and time again her rushers broke through Exeter's forwards for short, steady gains until Jennings carried...
...with the dull boy. In consequence under this compulsory system the dull boy lowers the age of matriculation of the whole class. These new changes will reward the work of all with due promotion and the brighter boys will not be chained down and made to wait for the rest...
...share of the applause. All the selections of the evening were given with the precision and accuracy which have always characterized the work of the Boston Symphony orchestra. The interest was kept up successfully till the last number, which seemed hardly up to the high standard of the rest of the programme. Nevertheless the concert as a whole was a decided success...
...Mendelssohn's Overture "Hebrides." The work opens with the introduction of a theme which is repeated, again and again, by different instruments, a sort of answering from the wood instruments to the brass. In the middle is introduced a duet for clarionet with a soft accompaniment by the rest of the orchestra. At the end of each variation of the main theme the whole orchestra works up to a climax so that the effect of the whole on the hearer is that of repeated strokes which die away so quietly that their frequency is not unpleasant...
...fifth number, the overture "Euryanthe," by Weber, seemed rather below the rest of the programme, if not in point of musical worth, at least in popularity. The enthusiasm flagged at this piece, but the concert which it ended was undeniably one of the best yet given in Cambridge...