Word: greatness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their parts. Of the choruses the best were the Flunkeys at the beginning of the second act, the chorus of monks and nuns in the third act, and the ensemble at the end. The third act is very elaborate for an amateur performance but it was carried through with great energy and enthusiasm. With the exception of one or two hitches in the scene shifting everything passed off smoothly...
...Arts. established in the Lyceum Theatre, New York city. Mr. Franklin H. Sargent, a Harvard graduate, and former instructor in the university, is the director of the Dramatic Academy, and has had for his associates in that institution many theartical professionals. In New York the "Electra" was presented with great success, receiving the approval of leading educational and dramatic authorities. At Columbia college the students were given a half-holiday, and at the conclusion of the matinee witnessed by them, they gave loud calls for the author. In the Boston production at the Hollis Street Theatre, there will be shown...
...most valuable privileges which students at Harvard are enabled to take advantage of is the great library system. It is now proposed to make it still more useful by the establishment of a special library of German literature. The German department of the general library is well equipped but it is thought most of these books ought to be in general circulation. A special library could be made much more complete and systematic. By having a separate room, as in the Evans library of political science, greater seclusion and better opportunities for quiet study could also be secured. The Evans...
...Dartmouth team played a good game straight through. Baehr was effective. He was wild, however, and hit the batsman at least a half dozen times. The visitors batted finely and played with great spirit. Their weak point was their base running...
...Thayer, L. F. Hyde, A. C. Rounds, H. Schofield, E. R. Thayer and W. G. Thompson. The leading article in the April number is contributed by Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandcis, and is entitled "The Law of Ponds." It is an answer to the article on "Great Ponds" in the February number. Professor J. B. Ames of the Law School contributes the first part of an article on "The Disseisin of Chattels." Several pages of editorials and notes on recent cases complete the number...