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...have been faithfully rehearsing for the last six weeks, and during the last two weeks daily rehearsals have been held. At the final dress rehearsal last evening everything went off smoothly and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. The men take hold of their parts with life, and seem to show an appreciation of the requirements of their roles. The cast for this evening's performance is as follows...
...would like to know? The crew has now been on the water for more than a week, and as yet no regular coach has been appointed and meanwhile the men cannot help doing many things wrong simply because they have no one to coach them properly. It does not seem fair to the crew that they should have no experienced man to help them improve particularly when, unlike the upper class crews, the freshman crew competes with representatives of other colleges, and should be considered as second only to the 'varsity. Last year the freshman crew had their regular coach...
...able to get facts precisely as they are, and to put them into readable shape with some skill. These are the essential qualities that a candidate should possess. To men of the right sort who are really interested in becoming editors of the CRIMSON, the work required will not seem very difficult nor confining...
...advisability of building a navy, said Professor Hollis, may seem an unnecessary prelude to a talk on battle ships; but when we consider that England is beginning a war in the Soudan and that Spain is waring in Cuba it is well to consider that nation is most likely to survive which is the best equipped...
...Short Story. The lecturer began with a few words upon the theory of this form of literary art. The conte, as the French call it, the short story, as we call it, has not flourished and does not flourish in England. English writers too often make their tales seem like chapters from a three volume novel, or at least like awkward attempts at the novellete. They should, on the contrary, restrict the time of the story to a short space, and nothing like development of character should be attempted. Conspicuous examples of the best sort of short stories observe this...