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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...touch not power of staging plays which most French writers possess, but he sets his works forth in a way that have an undeniable charm and grace. It was Cyrano's idea, in "Le Pedant Joue," to make his audiences laugh, and he has succeeded admirably. The play is similar to, but on a much higher plane than the modern vaudeville...
...registration in the university for the present academic year is about the same as last year. Considerable interest has been felt in the new courses of study opened this year in banking, commerce and diplomacy. Other new courses are offered in debating, one being very similar to what was so long known at Harvard as "English 6." These courses are under the direction of Dr. Alden of the English department, who was for a time connected with the English department at Harvard...
...success of the students' club and its headquarters in Houston Hall seems to have inspired the Faculty to similar efforts on their own account; and the Faculty Club has just moved into a new building directly opposite the campus, where lunch rooms and other conveniences give hope that they may some time have as comfortable club rooms as the undergraduates. Two German plays are to be given in the city during the present academic year, under the auspices and for the benefit of the German department. They are given through the courtesy of Mr. Conried of the German theatre...
President Hadley of Yale has announced that architect's plans are now being considered by the corporation for the centennial memorial building which Yale plans to erect before 1901. It will be somewhat similar to Memorial Hall but on a larger scale. It will contain an auditorium and dining hall, and, in connection with it, will be office buildings for the president and the executive officers of the university. Over $400,000 have already been raised, but $750,000 are needed...
...walls of the rowing room. On the other side of the main hall is a second workshop, of the same size, as the first, which will be need, in part, as a storage room. In the west end of the building will be a second rowing tank similar to that in the east end. On the river side is a wide piazza over 55 feet long. Between the piazza and the main hall is the vestibule from which lead the stairs to the basement and to the second floor. The office is on the first floor under the west tower...