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Dates: during 1880-1889
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An association, devoted to the study and practice of the best orchestral music, classic and popular, has just been formed in Cambridge, under the name of the Cambridge Orchestral Society. Its officers are: President, Dr. H. L. Chase; vice-president, Mr. Justin A. Jacobs; secretary, Dr. J. M. Keniston; conductor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/4/1882 | See Source »

Finally, gentlemen, I am not urging you to an impossible work, but to one already well begun. The resort to Harvard grows more and more national, in spite of the extraordinary multiplication of colleges. It is today less of a Massachusetts university, more of a Middle State and Western State...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOT AT CHICAGO. | 2/1/1882 | See Source »

The feelings of the great Sunflower have been hurt by the newspaper talk. He complains: "I heard much about the character of American journalism in England. If you expect English gentlemen to come to your country, especially gentlemen of letters and art, you must improve the character of your journalism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 1/28/1882 | See Source »

While undoubtedly no one better suited for the role of Jocasta than Miss Cayvan could have been selected in Boston, still she showed last evening much room for improvement. In her make-up she looked altogether too young for the mother of OEdipus, and her face appeared too dark to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREEK PLAY | 1/24/1882 | See Source »

Mr. Lewis Morrison, as Creon, fulfilled the utmost expectations of his most ardent admirers. He showed himself throughout an experienced actor in every word and every motion, portraying his character with better effect than any of the others, excepting, perhaps, Mr. Riddle. The selection of Mr. J. J. Hayes to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREEK PLAY | 1/24/1882 | See Source »

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