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...Cornell nine, which will play Harvard at Cambridge on May 30, has shown promise during the season of being one of the best that has ever represented Cornell, although there have been one or two serious slumps in the playing. During the southern trip the work was fair, but the team was beaten by Georgetown in an interesting game, and lost to North Carolina on account of poor fielding. Since the sourthern trip the team has beaten Columbia by the score of 2 to 1, and Princeton, 6 to 1. It has been defeated, however, by Princeton...
...careful rehearsing and the chorus has evidently been well trained. The book, by T. Stensland 3L., is exceedingly funny, especially in the third act, and has a well-connected plot. In the first act, which depicts the departure of Leif Ericsson from Norway, the author has followed a more serious vein. The act is brightened, however, by a catchy "Fisherman's Song," sung by J. M. Ross '01, who plays the part of Olaf, the innkeeper. One feature of the second act is the appearance of some twenty Indian warriors. The third act is filled with entertaining songs and dances...
...used by officials. Beating is the commonest form of punishment, and torture is sometimes resorted to as a means of securing evidence. It must be said, however, that such cruelty is not characteristic of the nation. Another vice of the Chinese is the opium habit, which is much more serious than drunkenness, because those addicted to it cannot rid themselves of the habit. The existence of these and many other vices may be traced to the practice of Idolatry, which presents very low ideals it is believed that Christianity can uplift the Chinese people from their present low state...
...high mountain ranges on the northern coast. The "Leopard" has sufficient coal capacity for this cruise, is built to penetrate ice-fields, and would be very roomy for a party of twenty. The chief aim of this expedition will be to combine geological sight-seeing with as much serious exploration as possible. If any of the party desire to hunt they will be put ashore where it is desired. The party will sail on or about June 25th, and return about September...
With this tendency toward romanticism, Stevenson naturally chose story writing as the first sphere of his literary activity. In his succeeding books Stevenson sounded a more serious note. "It begins to seem to me to be a man's business to leave off his damnable faces and to say his say," he quoted, in one of his letters. He began to turn from romance to reality...