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...with several encores. The Glee Club brought out several successful new college songs which took at once; the yodeling as ever arousing much enthusiasm. Mr. Cary's very clever and unique whistling solo with banjo accompaniment proved immensely taking, and required an encore. Of the Glee Club's more serious pieces, the Trooper's Song was sung with considerable spirit. Mendelssohn's Rhine Wine Song was not quite so satisfactory...
...candidate for the degree of A. M., delivered at commencement at Harvard, a Latin Oration. Mr. Grant, an alumnus of the school, read a poem which, while it abounded in witty allusions to the past history of the school and its masters, had a serious purpose, and embodied the idea of the writer in a most striking manner. The music, which was furnished by a select chorus, under the direction of Mr. Geo. L. Osgood, was of the highest order. A solo sung by Mr. Osgood, was rendered in a most artistic manner, and was one of the most pleasant...
...both entrances to the transept of Memorial Hall were besieged by a throng of anxious ticket holders. The moment the doors were opened, there followed a scene of indescribable confusion, and for a time the crush at the two narrow gates leading to the theatre entrances threatened to become serious. The seating accommodations were put to a severe test to accommodate the audience of over 2000 which was in attendance, and not only every seat in the main body and the balconies of the theatre was utilized, but the seats upon the stage itself, and in the orchestra gallery above...
...Jones did some of his most effective work, and that which was least effective in the humorous portions of his selections. His rendering of the trial scene in Pickwick was capital; while the delineation of the humorous side of Peggotty's character was much less satisfactory. In the serious and emotional parts Mr. Jones was uniformly excellent. The stirring description of the wreck, and the breaking of the news to old Peggotty were particularly strong and impressive...
...regulations, only serious illness or other unavoidable hindrance will authorize the acceptance of a Forensic not handed in at the appointed time...