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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...programme of the symphony concert this evening will be as follows: W. A. Mozart, symphony in E flat major; Moritz Moszkowski, concerto for violin, to be played in Boston for the first time. The third symphony by Saint-Saens announced for tonight will have to be omitted on account of the organ, which is not in proper condition. Selections from "Gotterdammerung" and "Siegfried" will be played instead...
...article of most interest to Harvard men in the January Outing is the second paper on American College Athletics, written by Mr. J. Mott Hallowell, '88. The subject is Athletics at Harvard University. In this paper rowing. foot-ball and lacrosse are described, with an account of their growth and present status. In conclusion a brief account of the faculty regulations and their effect is given. The paper is full of interesting facts and is a very fair and just description of Harvard's present position in athletics. It should be read by all who are interested in our welfare...
...American colleges, and is conducted under the auspices of the New England Intercollegiate Press Association. The first article, which will appeal most to Harvard men, is contributed by Dr. E. E. Hale, and is entitled "Harvard Reminiscences of Fifty Years ago." It contains a brief but very interesting account of the position of clubs in college life half a century ago, and sketches of Edward Tyrrel Channing, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Jared Sparks; and it also points out the difference which the closer communication between Cambridge and Boston has effected. "From My Attic Window" is an ambitious attempt at description...
...Entertainment Hall was filled with a brilliant audience. So much was expected of the students, that they put forth every effort to please and with the exception of a little hesitancy due perhaps to incipient stage fright, the concert was a complete success. The hall made singing difficult on account of its poor acoustics. Mr. Longworth was not able to accompany the party farther than Cincinnati. His place was taken by Mr. Willard who sang a beautiful tenor solo...
...Richardson has been giving the lectures in practical anatomy at the Medical School this week on account of the illness of Dr. Thomas Dwight, who hopes to be able to resume his duties after the holidays...