Word: evens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game was a highly creditable one to our eleven, in spite of the poor showing we made the last time we made the last time we went to the bat. To lead the University of Pennsylvania even for one innings at cricket is a feat of which we may well be proud. The wicket played well and the attendance gratifying. The score...
...principal character is not skillfully drawn and his marked peculiarities are not represented as apparent to those with whom he associates. The conclusion is not in harmony with the first part of the story. "Six-Paris" is an incident of the last siege of Paris. The story is interesting even exciting, but the suspense in which one is held while reading is hardly justified by the unsatisfactory ending. The movement is rapid and effective, and, with the exception of a little padding in the second paragraph, is well written and put together. "A Story out of History" is unlike anything...
...class series for the lacrosse championship resulted in a victory for the freshmen by a score of 1 to 0. The game was well played throughout, and Ninety-one showed up better than on any previous occasion. For the first time in the series the sides were even. Soon after play began the ball was forced toward Ninety-one's goal, but the defence played a strong game, and Morton had no work to do until the first half was nearly over, when he made some good stops. The time of the second half was shortened to fifteen minutes...
...exhibition of selfishness is indefensible. There is only one way to cope with it. And the next time those freshmen try the same plan, we earnestly hope their court may be taken from them. Men who abuse a privilege and think only of themselves are not fit objects of even common courtesy. The more they are humored the worse they become...
Professor John K. Paine achieved a great success at the recent Cincinnati May festival in the production of his new cantata, "A Song of Promise." Theodore Thomas says concerning this composition: "There is no living composer who can produce such a work, not even Rubenstein...