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...hard batting game. Phillips has proved himself an efficient captain and plays a very steady game at second; he is a fair batter and good base runner. Kimball, at third, is a brilliant player, but on the whole plays rather carelessly; he has been improving steadily and will probably show a good record at the end of the year : he is a good batter and base runner. Edgerly, at short, is a very careful player and at times makes very brilliant stops; he throws well and is a fair batter. Chamberlain has pitched the majority of the games...
...this crowd. It is to their disgrace. There may be a few who can't afford a quarter or a half-dollar, but at every game there are many outside who could well afford the price of admission, and it is much to their discredit that they choose to show such an example of meanness. No words can be too strong to denounce such conduct. The "mucker" element is a disgrace to our games. They are, to be sure, strong Harvard partisans; but they are insulting to the visiting teams, and a good high fence would serve a very useful...
...advantages which could hardly have been anticipated by theory. In a class-room where both student and instructor are studying the subject because they are thoroughly interested, their old position as natural and hereditary enemies is lost sight of, and both the quantity and the quality of the work show the advantages of harmony and enthusiasm. There are no laggards to hold back the rest, while the very men whose lack of comprehension of a subject would under the required system, tend to laziness and failure are often enthusiastic and successful students in the department where their talents take them...
...amount and variety of the instruction given at Harvard is nearly or quite double what any other American institution can show. As to its quality, the common reputation of the college and the names of scholars and scientists known the world over should be sufficient evidence...
...been written for one or two instruments, rather than a whole orchestra, the management have thought that such an opportunity might be welcomed by not a few. They have, therefore, resolved to make the experiment this Thursday evening and hope that all those who feel an interest will show it by attending. The Pierian propose, then, to give an informal recital at their rooms in Roberts' Block, Brattle square, on that evening at 7.15 o'clock, to which all members of the university will be admitted on payment of twenty-five cents. The programme will consist of solos...