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...ground except after heavy rains. The so called hog nose snake is named for its peculiar shaped snout which is used in digging in the ground for grubs. When attacked these serpents often feign death, and do it so effectually that people have supposed that they fainted from fright. The small green snake, and the larger black snake are both well known and perfectly harmless, as is also the pugnacious checkered adder. The rarest snake of Massachusetts is the fox snake, which is much like a large adder. The water snake is quite large and often dangerous, for it will...
...first number, Wagner's Overture to the "Flying Dutchman," is based on an old legend, well-known in seafaring nations, in which the action centres about a spectral seaman, whose appearance to a ship's company was a signal for great confusion and fright. The weird quality, of which Thayer is such a master, is very prominent in this whole opera, and readily suggests his subject. Like most of his music this Overture cannot be described, as so much music is nowadays, by comparison with a smooth, gliding stream; there are in it several themes separate and distinct...
...enthusiasm at the concert on the following evening. His words were proved true. Entertainment Hall was filled with a brilliant audience. So much was expected of the students, that they put forth every effort to please and with the exception of a little hesitancy due perhaps to incipient stage fright, the concert was a complete success. The hall made singing difficult on account of its poor acoustics. Mr. Longworth was not able to accompany the party farther than Cincinnati. His place was taken by Mr. Willard who sang a beautiful tenor solo...
...before yesterday a cat created much excitement in N. H. 6. She escaped from durance vile in the biological laboratory of the Agassiz Museum, and in her fright jumped through a pane of glass, and fell from the window, which is in the fifth story, to the ground. She landed squarely on her feet and started off on a run, pursued by several men, but could not be caught...
...contemptible methods that their elders from the same college used in the 'Varsity game, but the Harvard freshmen soon convinced them that two could play at that game, and, when the 'slugging' in unfair tackling began, it was returned with interest." For although our eleven showed no symptoms of fright, and presented a strong rush line, yet they certainly did not show fight, and did their blocking with their arms and not with their fists. In fact, the game was, with one exception, perfectly gentlemanly and played in the proper spirit by both elevens; and we are glad...