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...director that the performance could not go on, as the Symphony Orchestra was rehearsing in the adjoining room. After a short parley, a compromise was agreed upon by which the H. P. C. company deferred their rehearsal until Mr. Damrosch and his orchestra should have time to give more strict attention to the able directing of Mr. Daniels - who as Mr. Damrosch confidentially remarked, was the only man that he considered his superior as an orchestral director. As Mr. Damrosch begged so earnestly to be granted a short time to finish up his morning rehearsal, the concession was made...
...have been trying for places on the nine have not been put through such a vigorous course of daily exercise this year as has characterized the work of the candidates for past nines. It is still an open question if very strict training is of such great importance as many people think, and Capt. Willard decided early in the season that a light but systematic course was the one to be adopted. This course has been varied but little during the year and is substantially as follows: Three times a week the game of handball is practiced in the cage...
...Higginson's own words, that "a mere obiter dictum is taken up" and made too much of. On the whole the fair-minded reader must acknowledge that Mr. Hamerton has not gotten the upper hand in the discussion. In fact, it is astonishing that he does not employ more strict logic in refuting the charges brought against him. No American can hesitate to uphold Col. Higginson's side of the question...
...jealousy by outside influences, particularly by that of the daily public press. Careless reporting and "special" work done for the sake of filling "space" is at the bottom of the matter and we cannot but urge upon our older newspapers the great necessity of exercising a much more strict control over what is written for their columns about our large colleges. The spirit of gentlemanly emulation ought to be fostered, but a spirit of criticism and jealous carping is to be avoided like the plague...
...freshman nine. Surely with such an array of talent, Captain Vila ought not to be at a loss to choose, when spring comes, nine men to represent '90 at New Haven. But, '90, only a small portion of the year's work has been done as yet. Strict training and much practice must be done before you will be able to cope successfully with Yale. You have beaten her once; it should be an extra incentive to be victorious over her in the base-ball field. It is rumored that the Yale freshmen have some unusually good material and that...