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...impossible. They looked onto the roof, and no doubt they had been thus blocked up in order to keep the undergraduates from passing from one set of chambers to another. Even where there are no bars, there is some danger from mere height, coupled with the absence of a second staircase. In my Oxford days I lodged in the first story, counting the ground-floor as one. Just beneath me, a man lived who one evening begged me to take some wine with him, as the night before 'he had been forced to get drunk all alone.' I lived...
...second humorous extra of the Yale News arrived yesterday. The wit displayed is simply stupendous...
...nearly total absence of that spontaneity, that musical humor and sparkling freshness, which made 'Die Fledermaus' so delightful. The score contains various pretty numbers, but they are all more or less the product of labor rather than of inspiration. The only exception is the waltz with which the second act closes, a most felicitous effort even for Strauss, though not even in this number does he approach the level of excellence which occurs at the same point in 'Die Fledermaus...
...department of elocution, so important and valuable, will soon suffer another loss in the near departure of Mr. Sargent, whose capabilities have been so clearly appreciated by the Madison Square Theatre. It is unfortunate that this second break in elocutionary instruction should follow so closely upon the confusion caused by the departure of Mr. Riddle earlier in the year. Appointments were interfered with, and the remaining instructors overburdened with work, to the great detriment of all concerned. In numerous instances last fall, men whose appointments were to be made with Mr. Riddle did not finally begin to receive instruction, after...
...sale, (or rather mottled books, - a sensible change having been made from the familiar blue covers of the past.) Other stationery is also kept in stock and sold at about one-half the ordinary retail prices. Orders will be received for the purchase of books in general, and second-hand books can now be left with the society for sale on commission. It is especially urged upon all who have signed to become members to pay up immediately, as the future success of the society must depend largely upon the readiness of men to come to its support...