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...good property for the College, it having proved impossible to earn on them so good an income as the mass of general investments of the University yields. The President and Fellows have not built a dormitory with their own money since 1870-71, and are not likely ever to build another, unless with money given for that express purpose." This is a purely business statement. It says that in general dormitories are not a good thing for the College to own because they have not proved to be a good investment. Now, although it is fairly plain...
Rehearsals for this year's production of the Pi Eta Society, a musical comedy entitled "The Financier," are being held regularly under the direction of H. F. Hurlburt '01, graduate coach. The dancing will be an important feature and the play in all respects promises to be the best ever presented to the public by this society. Besides the dress rehearsal there will be six performances. The dates are as follows: graduates' night, April 10; at Newton Centre, April 11; at Boston, April 15; at Springfield, April 16; at Cambridge, April...
...Etiquette" song. W. D. Robbins '08 as "Angela" was a geuine impersonation. His gestures were few and natural, and his singing and dancing was at all times graceful and simple. The "Mrs. Butterworth of C. G. Osborne '07 was a caricature, but one of the funniest caricatures ever seen on the Pudding stage. It was not a figure one had ever seen, but a figure one would not be at all surprised to see. His song, "I'm a hustling, bustling woman," with the accompanying dance, was extraordinary without being mortifying. Osborne found it as difficult to stay...
...given by the Harvard and Dartmouth Musical Clubs, in Jordan Hall, Boston, on April 3, are now on sale at the Co-operative, Herrick's, and at the box office at Jordan Hall. The prices are $1.50 and $1. This will be the first joint concert that has ever been held with Dartmouth, and will be the only appearance of the Musical Clubs in Boston this spring...
...Avenel said that the fortunes of today are six times as large as the largest ever amassed under the old forms of government. Between 1200 and 1800 people obtained wealth primarily from two sources: first, by offering protection to the weak for returns in money, and secondly, after the states were organized, by collecting taxes and appropriating a large portion for themselves. These old fortunes made by displacement of wealth instead of creation, were disastrous to the populations, though endured better than are the legitimate fortunes of the present. At present one-third of the population possess nothing...