Word: known
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...well-known fact that the apparatus in our old gymnasium is not what it should be, not what we should expect to find in a well-regulated gymnasium, and the idea of again making use of these old-fashioned fixings is absurd. We want better, and if better is not given us we may as well continue to use our old gymnasium with all its inconveniences...
Motley's abilities were well known to his associates. At one of the college exhibitions he spoke an essay on Goethe which attracted much attention; and the Phi Beta Kappa Society, which then admitted only the first sixteen scholars of each class, extended its rules in order to include...
...Fair," sung by Messrs. Butler and Sherwood, and their pantomimic display, were received with peals of laughter. Mr. Butler as "Queen Ellinor" was simply "immense," and from his first appearance was greeted with continuous applause. His representation of the aged spouse was tragic to a degree, and a well-known theatrical critic expressed high appreciation of the talent for acting in burlesque displayed by Messrs. Butler and Sprague...
...hasty selection of twelve men to train for the Freshman crew. He suggests, as all would be applicants cannot row on the hydraulic machines, that they be set to work on the weights in the Gymnasium, and the selection be made after the real merits of the men are known. We are not familiar with all the facts in the case, but we do not believe any applicant will be prevented from trying for the crew...
Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon they played "Rumplestiltskin," a musical burlesque founded on Grimm's well-known fairy-tale. Mr. Sprague, as the indigent old king, proved to be the central figure, and sang several comic songs in that irresistible manner so peculiarly his own. Mr. Austin, as the festive miller, presented a pleasant picture of rustic jollity, and was very successful in his two songs. Mr. Twombley played and dressed the part of the miller's wife excellently, and his song in the prison scene was received with great applause. Mr. Bowen as the Princess found rather small scope...