Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Morris will spend more than $100,000. A half-mile cinder track, and a 220 yard straightaway will be constructed on the most approved plans. The infield will be as level as a floor and will be so drained as to be dry at all times. A permanent grand stand to seat 4,500 will be built, and a moveable stand to hold 10,000 or 12,000 more will be constructed in case the colleges should desire to hold football games at the park. The situation of the park is excellent. It is five miles above the Harlem river...
...committee in charge of the theatre services just held in the Grand Opera House in Boston have, through Mr. Frederick Palmer, extended their thanks to those Harvard students who have so kindly given their assistance in singing at the services...
...Grand Italian Opera Company began a week's engagement at the Mechanics' Building last night, when Mme. Albani and Sig. Tamagno appeared in Verdi's opera, "Otello." The experiment of converting the huge hall of the Mechanics' Building into an auditorium is not a success; it is impossible for the members of the company to do themselves justice in this hall, and the pleasure of hearing them is on this account seriously marred. Taking this into consideration the production of "tOello" may be said to have been a success. Mme. Albani was at her best, and carried off the honors...
...Allen who has charge of the Sunday evening meetings at the Grand Opera House desires as many Harvard students as wish to sing in the chorus next Sunday evening. The car leaves the Square for the theatre at 6.14 tomorrow evening...
There is some danger that Roberts college, the American school at Constantinople, will be closed on account of the hostility of the grand vizier. His hostility is caused by his belief that the young Turks who are educated there go out into the world with very liberal ideas antagonistic to the government methods and theories...