Word: generale
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last evening the annual trial of candidates for the Banjo club was held in Holyoke 1. The competitors numbered about twenty and the general average of the players was extremely good, especially that of the banjo players. Unfortunately, no piccolo players were present though one is greatly desired by the club this year. The class of '93 sent many good competitors and a freshman banjo club will soon be organized. The successful candidates will be notified this week. After the trial a short business meeting of the club was held and regular hours for rehearsals were decided upon, it being...
...opening exercises of Clark university took place Wednesday in the presence of fifteen hundred people in the main university building. General Devens began with a brief address of introduction and welcome; after a prayer, Colonel Washburn read a paper prepared by the founder, in which he said that although they had not the age of other universities, they had the privilege of using the experience of many centuries, and they proposed higher and better achievements than had yet been attempted. To the present department they intended to add others from time to time, until the full scope of the university...
...commendation of the students. The 'Varsity captain is supposed to be the best judge and the highest authority on foot-ball matters in college, and by him, therefore, every scheme for developing material should be controlled. In football, as in war, the greatest results may be attained when the general contol is vested in the leader, and when general orders emanate from him alone. It is intended that Captain Cumnock's proposition shall be submitted to each class for its ratification. We strongly recommend therefore, that the scheme be heartily endorsed whenever it comes up for consideration. Not a stone...
...Exeter eleven which will play on Jarvis this afternoon is said to be a trifle inferior to the teams of previous years. The men are as a general thing ligh, but they are said to play with a deal of snap...
...difference between the two systems is to my mind typical of the general difference between the English and American people...