Word: though
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Charles Warren's story, "Sour Grapes." The merit of the piece consists mainly in the working out of the character of Henry Waring, in whom the plot centres. The air of mystery which pervades his character and life holds the attention and interest to the end. Though a little drawn out, the style is effective and interesting, and the story is the best that has recently appeared in the Advocate...
...concert was entirely up to the standard of former freshman concerts and highly creditable to the two clubs. Though many of the glees werefamiliar to the audience they were, with one or two exceptions, well rendered, and well received. The selections which seemed to find most favor with the andience were "The Skipper of St Ives, and The Capital Ship on the part of the Glee club, while the Banjo club responded to encores of the "Brahm's Medley,' and "National March." Mr. Berry gave his solos with very good effect and the yodling of Mr. Whitman deserves mention...
...Messrs. Taylor and Atkinson of the Glee club and Mr. Lewis have written college songs of unusual merit which will be sung then by the Glee club for the first time. A novel feature of the concert will be the introduction of the Guitar and Man delin Club, which, though several years old has not yet taken part in a Glee club concert. They will accompany the Glee club in the Spanish song "Estudiantina" and will undoubtedly add much to the effect of the piece. The concert will be fully up to the high standard of previous years...
...parable of "The Little Game of the Blue Hound" is very bright, though that particular vein of humor is about exhausted. The daily themes cover a variety of topics, and as a whole are good. The publication of the first might be considered in rather questionable taste, if the paper were intended for general circulation...
...been struggling, and is only the more fixed there for her agonies. Social as well as political lessons have been taught by the Revolution. The government now recognizes the necessity of education for the masses of the people, and is spending money freely on the schools, even though it is deeply in debt. The present annual appropriation is 150,000,000 francs, and this is constantly increasing. This shows that the principles of the Revolution have not been lost, and even should a cloud overshadow the government, it will inevitablp soon be dispelled by a new upheaval...