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...permanent contribution to the modern opera. In fact "Azara" is the first grand opera on an original subject ever composed throughout by a native-born American. For Professor Paine has written his own libretto as well as the music, and both words and music show genius of the highest order; the words in their dramatic power and poetic beauty, and the music in that it is free and original in spirit while preserving symmetrical form and proportion. The scene is laid in Provence about the time of the early Crusades. The opera is romantic in spirit, with a thrilling plot...
Strength tests for the intercollegiate competition are now being held in the Gymnasium, and will continue until about the middle of April. The list of the fifty strongest men in each competing university is to be made out by May 1, and the university having the highest fifty records wins the championship...
...seemed to him good. Habitually cautious and reticent, he was when occasion demanded, courageous and outspoken. Habitually grave and dignified, he appreciated the merits of those who took things less seriously, and he had a quick eye for the lighter side of life. Though he lived up to the highest standard himself, he was lenient to the shortcoming of the weaker brethen. He was not in good health at any time during his thirty years of service, but he was not in good health at any time during his thirty years of service, but he was always 'patient of labor...
...prize bat has been offered by an anonymous donor to be given for the highest batting average obtained by a member of the baseball squad this year...
...following the career of religion and creeds through their stages of in fancy, corruption and finally of evolution, we find that the real end of religion is the expression of the attitude of man towards his highest ideals. What lied beyond is beyond the comprehension of man and therefore a man should make no affirmation about the future. But what a man can do is to become a Christian because in doing so he supports the church which should be the highest designation of mankind. The life of the true Christian should not be limited by narrow dogmas, it should...