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...accorded Bates was excellent. The field work of both nines was good, Princeton excelling in this respect. The visitors could do nothing with Bates, eleven men striking out and two only reaching first on safe hits. The umpiring of McLean was a trille erratic, his decisions on strikes being somewhat off. On the whole, Princeton suffered the most from his decisions...
...fourth and last game with Princeton was played Saturday, and resulted in another victory for Harvard The game was by far the best played of the series and was won only by superior batting. The confidence of the University in the ability of the nine, though somewhat shaken by the defeat at New Haven two weeks ago, has been fully restored by the splendid work in the last two Princeton games. The batting in particular has greatly improved, while the fielding is steadier and more accurate. The game with Yale next Saturday will be the most important...
...announcement that a course in elocution to be known as English 10 will be given next year under the direction of Mr. Hayes is good news to many students. It is somewhat remarkable that a conrse similar to this has not been added to the college curriculum are this. If we are not mistaken, elocution, although one of the most practical of all branches of education, has never had a recognized position in any of the departments of the University. Whatever attention has been given to the subject has been out side regular work, and entirely voluntary on the part...
...hero himself was in exile at St. Helena, and Paris was in the hands of his most hated enemies. It is a touching story of that devotion to a great chief so common among old soldiers. Even in his leader's deepest misfortune the veteran remains faithful. Despite a somewhat sudden transition in the death scene the story is realistic and fires the reader with a thrill of martial enthusiasm...
...bitter language of the soul that has found nothing but defeat in this world and that looks beyond earth for some sign of hope, and in the resignation of that other soul that finds in every triumph and defeat the fulfilment of its own destiny. The thought is, perhaps, somewhat too deeply hidden by the words, but we do not begrudge the effort to unravel it. Mr. Bates's poem "The Sleeper," develops an original idea. The metre chimes well with the sentiment of the tale; the lines convey the folly and the utter hopelessness of the magicians wish...