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...Glee Club followed next with a group of two glees-"Courtship," by A. W. Thayer, and "The Happier Land," by Hatton. "Courtship" was sung with exquisite taste, and showed the long and patient work which doubtless had been given to it. The audience, however, did not seem to appreciate it as fully as they might have done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Glee Club Concert. | 12/21/1888 | See Source »

...Again, the race with Harvard is toward the end of June, and if we trained our crew for a race in April it would be hard to keep them in fit physical condition for the June race with Harvard. These reasons seem to us here at Yale to e weighty enough almost to necessitate placing the date of the proposed Yale-Cambridge race in July or early in August. We don't know how the Englishmen feel about it because we have not heard from them yet. We shall open negotiations soon and see how they look at the question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Proposed Yale-Cambridge, Eng., Race. | 12/7/1888 | See Source »

...informed that the freshman foot-ball management has met all its expenses and has funds on hand to the amount of four hundred and fifty dollars. It is for the class to decide what shall be done with this surplus, and it would seem that to no other purpose could it more profitably be devoted than to the support of the freshman crew. I believe it has been the custom of some of the classes in former years, to use any surplus which may remain after the foot-ball season had closed for the foundation of a class fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 12/5/1888 | See Source »

...students in the 1st year '88 sent 14. At a corresponding time '87 sent 18 and '86, a close second, sent 17. It would seem that the professional men in '88 chose the law rather than its sister profession...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical School Notes. | 12/1/1888 | See Source »

Time and quiet, however, are needed to complete this work which will require several generations for its accomplishment. It is unlikely that this time will be obtained, for the Turks seem to have no mission in the world, and the powers of Europe think that a Christian government would stimulate the advance of civilization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Future Prospects of the Moslem World. | 11/28/1888 | See Source »