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...full announcement of the Francis Boott Music Prize of $100 for the best composition in concerted vocal music has been made. The competitor may be either an undergraduate or a member of one of the graduate schools of the University...
...wish the crew the best of success in the season which it is beginning today. Rowing out of doors will come later than usual this spring because of the new dam, but when the ice does go out of the Charles, we confidently expect to see an eight which will live up to the splendid reputation made by its victorious predecessor...
...held this year for the first time. Each university will be represented by two teams arguing different sides of the same question, and all three debates will occur simultaneously. This system has many obvious advantages as compared with the old method of separate debates on different subjects. The six best debaters in the University will be able to practise under one coach on their respective sides of the question, and a better team should be developed than by the former system. The second team, composed of three men who were expected to do a tremendous amount of work with practically...
After graduating from the University Mr. MacKaye studied at the University of Leipzig until 1900. He then returned to this country and taught in a private school in New York until 1904 when he began writing plays. His best known works are "The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer," "Fenris, the Wolf," "Sappho and Phaon," and "Jeanne d'Arc." The last named was produced by E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe in this country and England in 1906-07. Mr. MacKaye has also been a lecturer on American Drama in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Buffalo...
...best playing for the Freshmen was done by Davidson and Boyd, and for Brown by Dunn and Hennesy. The Freshmen were considerably weakened by the loss of Captain Stebbins, who plays right guard...