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...were both considerably elated, and deeming the occasion one for a celebration of some sort, we decided on the theatre. Accordingly, at eight o'clock we swung down the aisle to our seats, and, adjusting our respective eyeglasses, began to take in the situation...
...damsels right within arm's reach, as it were; and not to show some recognition of the fact seemed like flying in the very face of Fate. We are both naturally very modest, and not at all given to making advances to strangers, particularly to strangers of the gentler sort, but it seemed to be a clear case of foreordination, and we meekly acquiesced...
...with grave accents, were distinguished from one another and from unaccented syllables by a difference of pitch, confined within the interval known as a third. This difference of pitch is not wholly foreign to our own accentuation, but it was much more marked among Greeks, and resulted in a sort of sing-song tone. In the choruses the liberty of an octave was allowed, and where there was a dialogue, both actors and chorus sang. In this last case the chorus is termed commatic. The tones were regulated by certain nomes not extant which were probably stiff and inharmonious...
...students. It remained to be seen whether it would be for the students. One who has been conversant with the doings of the management and has known what tickets for dress-rehearsals and performances have been given, what numbers of ushers and aids of every sort have been appointed, will recognize in all this a care and regard for the students which has been second only to that for the success of the play. We thank and congratulate Professors Goodwin and White, and in so doing we believe we express the sentiments of all the students of the University...
...result of this is that our German courses present a sort of climax upside down. In other departments, as it is well known, the student is supposed - in theory at least - to take the course marked (1) before he takes the course marked (2), &c. Not so in German. On leaving the Freshman class the student might as well begin with Course 8 at once, for but little preparation for such an advanced course is to be got from the lower courses, owing to the strong sense of individuality which pervades the several members of the German department; each...