Word: failings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...every point, but nevertheless he gives us a very clear idea of the origin and rise of athletics at this university; he would have done well to offer some prediction as to the position in athletics which Cornell will hold in the future for it can hardly fail to be a prominent one. "Prospects of the Yachting Season" and "Creedmoor and the National Guard" are interesting, and contain a good deal of very readable information and comment. The latter article is especially well illustrated. The number closes with the usual monthly record of athletics...
...Sever 11. The speaker will be Rev. Brooke Herford, and his subject will be "Ministry." As pastor of the Arlington St. Unitarian church in Boston, Dr. Herford is well known to Harvard men as an earnest and eloquent preacher, and his views on this strictly orthodox subject cannot fail to interest the great body of students here...
...said that the Glee club is run by a clique." As a matter of fact the Glee club is run by a majority of its members acting through its officers, except in the case of important matters, which are brought directly before the club. We fail to see how anybody can call this "clique" management...
Faust up to Date.The original London Gaiety company began its engagement at the Tremont theatre last evening. This company cannot fail of success, for the organization is better equipped and has a more accomplished coterie of principals than any of its rivals of the present season. Miss St. John makes a beautiful "Marguerite," and Mr. Lounen, the comedian, will soon find the high appreciation felt here for the admirable rendering of his Irish song...
...rules adopted by the H. A. A to govern the winter meetings are in effect those of last year, and contain the old provision: "No member of the university shall be permitted to witness any sports unless he be a member of the association." We fail to see the justice of this regulation. The members of the association ought to have first choice of seats and first opportunity to buy seats, but after they have been supplied it is unjust to bar other college men. There is no good reason why members should be allowed to buy tickets for outsiders...