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...nine men start. If nine men or more start, three prizes will be awarded. F. Dean, '88, has arranged the handicaps, and F. B. Dana, '88, will act as starter and timekeeper. As the entries are numerous and the handicaps liberal, it is expected that the race will be close and exciting...
...field and at the bat. Magee and Downer did all the batting for the juniors. For '88, Bailey and Stetson played well in the field, while Allen and Holden excelled at the bat. McLean '90, umpired very acceptably to both nines, being strictly impartial and showing good judgment on close decisions. Eighty-nine plays the freshmen Thursday on Jarvis. The score...
Very interesting will be the pair of Wagner concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to be given at Music Hall next Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, with which the season will close. Mr. Gericke has arranged a programme of extraordinary interest, including selections from "Die Gotter-dammerung" and the Paris version of "Tannhauser." The vocal numbers will be sung by Mme. Lehmann and Mr. Kalisch...
...from the number of the University preachers. His long connection with the University and his continued interest in its welfare will make his withdrawal from immediate connection with it seem a personal loss to every one. All of us have come in contact with Dr. Hale more or less closely, and have felt the uplifting influence of his life among us. It is for our own sakes, as well as for his, that we are sorry he must leave a work in which he takes so deep an interest. We earnestly hope that recovered health may soon make it possible...
...thought, seems somewhat out of place, in the field which the Advocate has chosen. "Carmen" needs a second reading to be appreciated. The author's conception is delicate; his expression, however, is somewhat obscure, and at times strains after unnatural words. Such compounds as "scorn-enwrapped" will hardly bear close scrutinizing. The remaining poem of this number, "A Dialogue of Head and Heart" is better than the average Advocate verse. Its method is graceful and its thought true...