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Dates: during 1870-1879
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PROFESSOR PAINE gave his first piano recital in Boylston Hall last Wednesday evening. His programme was as follows: Selections from Byrd and Paumann; Suite in G minor, Bach; Nocturne, Op. 15, Chopin; Sonata No. 1., Op. 2, in F minor, Beethoven; Romanza, Schumann; selection from Songs without Words Mendelssohn; Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven. The next recital will be given on Tuesday evening...
...gentlemen who so kindly assisted, both the audience and Club are grateful, for their courtesy in helping, and the pleasure they gave...
...special mention in the place of honor, the name of Mr. Finck. His 'cello solo "Legende" was by far the most artistic work of the evening. It is not for us to criticise, but only to say how much we all enjoyed his playing. The Bach Gavotte that he gave when encored was charming...
...been on the water, and for the last week or so they have hardly trained at all, being apparently satisfied, by what they saw in our papers, that they would either gain an easy victory or not have to row. Their weights, as printed in the Advocate, gave a somewhat false impression, as they were all weighed in their clothes. All this certainly ought to cheer our crew as to the result of the race, if race there...
...there was a time when I prided myself upon my knowledge of Chemistry, and gave every spare moment to the science. "Sed tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis." Excuse the quotation; only the dead languages can express my feelings. Before I came to Harvard I studied a couple of years in a Western college, and there I grew interested in Chemistry. My teacher was a man of many subjects, who might be classed as a Professor Intelligentiae Generalis. He taught Chemistry, Moral Philosophy, Botany, Geology, and Greek, besides occasionally some other branches when either of the other two professors...