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GLOBE THEATRE. - Clara Morris in "The New Magdalen...
GLOBE THEATRE. - Clara Morris in "The New Magdalen...
GLOBE THEATRE. - Clara Morris in "The New Magdalen...
There are one or two customs of unique character retained at Oxford during Christmastide. At Magdalen College a quaint and remarkable entertainment is given on Christmas Eve. The company assemble in the college hall about nine o'clock in the evening, and the choir at once proceed to sing part of Handel's "Messiah." Soon after ten o'clock, a short interval is allowed for supper, during which the little candles on the vast Christmas tree are lighted; and then, the gas being turned down, the choir commence singing Christmas carols, until the great bell in the tower booms...
...recognize the face of their Alma Mater in 1890. She is not only changing her normal complexion, but also her physical features most rapidly. Four new buildings of importance have sprung up within the last two years. The most important, the new school, is yet in an unfinished state, Magdalen and Trinity are greatly extending themselves, and a new college is nearly completed which will work great results in bringing old-fashioned Oxford up to date...