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...speakers, and to the audience, which assembled to hear them. Because of its novelty, the selection from Virgil should be particularly mentioned here; its rendering was emminently successful, for the soft and musical tones and accents of the Latin. The speaking was all good and commendable; and seldom has the contest for prizes been so close. The following are the speakers and their selections: A. Z. Bowen, The Embarkation of the Pilgrims.- Webster; J. L. Hurst, The Moor's Revenge.- Mickiewicz; J. M. Goodale. Forefather's Day.- G. W. Curtis; G. Santayana, The Story of the Trojan Horse.- Virgil...
...would call the attention of the college to the fact that all nines intending to contest for the CRIMSON cups must have their entries in the box at Leavitt and Peirces before 9.30 this evening. It is certainly seldom enough that opportunity is offered for anything like a systematized contest between nines which represent the, so to speak, "non-professional" ball players of the University. We hope, therefore, that the number of entries will be large. There is nothing in the conditions for the series to prevent nines from the Law School, or other graduate department from entering...
Clippings from the required English work are often amusing in their nature, but seldom equal to the following which is taken from a speech by one of our United States senators: "When this committee is formed I hope that the committee will go at this question of the Senate employees with reference to a desire only to discharte honestly the obligation which the Senate as a body owes to the country in regard to that control which it asserts concerning the expenditures of public money with reference to matters which are pertinent, either to the convenience of Senators...
...parts possess that quality in which commencement exercises are singularly lacking, the quality of being interesting. Now there is nothing in the nature of a commencement part that requires stupidity, yet stupidity is the rule, not the exception in commencement parts. The facts are often scholarly, but seldom interesting. This year, however, the parts, we are told, must be interesting above all other things. The topics must be as far as possible live toplcs, or if this be impossible, and the old, time worn subjects be again raked up, the treatment of these subjects must be of a more interesting...
...parts possess that quality in which commencement exercises are singularly lacking, the quality of being interesting. Now there is nothing in the nature of a commencement part that requires stupidity, yet stupidity is the rule, not the exception in commencement parts. The facts are often scholarly, but seldom interesting. This year, however, the parts, we are told, must be interesting above all other things. The topics must be as far as possible live topics, or if this be impossible, and the old, time worn subjects be again raked up, the treatment of these subjects must be of a more interesting...