Word: major
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...programme for the Symphony Concert in Sanders Theatre this evening will be as follows: Haydn, Symphony in D major; arta, Pensee d' Automne; Cowen, two movements of the Scandinavian Symphony; Bruch, concerto romantique for violin; Herald, aria, Pre aux Clercs; Dvorak. Scherzo Capriccioso. There will be two soloists; Miss Gertrude Franklin will sing, and Mr. C. M. Loefiler will be the violinist of the evening...
...neat pamphlet has appeared containing the proceedings of the meeting held in Sever 11, June 10, 1890, at which Mr. Henry L. Higginson addressed the students on "The Soldier's Field." President Eliot's remarks and Major Higginson's letter of gift and his speech are given in full. The pamphlet should be read by all who were unable to hear Major Higginson at the time speak of the sons of Harvard to whom the field is dedicated. Moreover every Harvard man should bear in mind the closing words of the address: "You come to college to learn things...
...complaints have reached us from students who feel that they are abused because they are not given a chance to purchase the best seats in Sanders Theatre for the Symphony Orchestra concerts. The fact is that these concerts are not given primarily for the students. Major Higginson, if we are correctly informed, established these concerts that the university town of Cambridge might enjoy the same musical privileges as the city, and he further desired that officers of the University of certain rank, and the descendants of such officers, should be given the first opportunity to get tickets. This is what...
...amount of work which is being done at the Soldiers' Field, for which we are so greatly indebted to Major Higginson, makes it evident that by another autumn our football teams may practice across the river. The extent of the piece of land is a surprise. There is plenty of room for all the baseball fields or football fields we could possibly use, even if twice as many students attended the university. The embankments along the river keep out the water so that the land that was once marshy is now dry. It has all been laid out nearly level...
...Major Higginson was received with tremendous applause, and said in brief...