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...Wright, Latham, and Nunn also doing well. Nunn and Wright played best in the field for Harvard, while Hamill and Dodge excelled for Princeton. Immediately after the game an excellent dinner was given to the Nine by their attentive hosts. In the evening the Princeton Glee Club and College Orchestra favored the visitors with some excellent vocal and instrumental music, after which a bountiful collation was served, to which the Harvard men did full justice...
What shall I say about the Glee Club? If the Pierian surprised us, the Glee Club did so still more, for they certainly have never before sung with half so much strength and finish. Their shading was very good. A fine effect was produced in the coda of the "Summer Morning," where a forte passage was immediately followed by a delicate pianissimo. "The Water-Lily" had much fine work in it, but seemed in spots weak, on account of the straining on the first tenor part. "The Three Glasses" and the "Champagne Song" seemed to be the most popular...
...venture a slight criticism on the singing of the Glee Club, it seemed to us that they did not attack their pieces with quite enough firmness, and that in one glee they did not all begin together. However, these minor faults should not be taken to account, when we consider the excellence of the rest of their work. Mr. Heard is evidently well qualified for his position as leader...
...gentlemen who so kindly assisted, both the audience and Club are grateful, for their courtesy in helping, and the pleasure they gave...
...dancing in Memorial Hall was a success, though we doubt whether the couple whose conversation we overheard as they entered the hall received as much pleasure from their waltz as they did from the music of the Harvard Glee Club and the Pierian Sodality...