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...Harvard clubs of the cities in which concerts are to be given have done all in their power to make the visit of the Glee Club agreeable. The Glee and Banjo clubs have the brightest prospects before them, and we trust that no incident will occur to mar the pleasure of their trip. In this hope we wish the organization a merry Christmas and the best of success...
That the inter-class contests in track athletics were a decided success and ought to be continued in the future was clearly demonstrated yesterday afternoon by the close competition in the various events and the interest manifested by the large crowd of spectators. There was only one thing to mar the thorough enjoyment of everyone at the meeting, and that was the unfortunate accident to one of the riders in the bicycle race-an accident which can be easily averted in the future, and which in this case, happily, is not at all serious. One record was broken, presaging...
...good; the development, however, lacks true literary feeling. Here and there are delicate touches of description, yet the story as a whole moves too slowly for its subject. The language is diffuse and the treatment shows lack of experience. There are also at times obscurities of description which mar the effect...
...Miss Sandusky" is certainly a strange story, ending in a totally unexpected and very abrupt manner. It is not always clear, and sometimes it is impossible to follow the writer's meaning. The dialogue is so jerky and piecemeal as to mar the effect...
...hissing once started, it was easy to keep it up without the slightest provocation, and in fact much of it was nothing more than the crowd's desire to express sympathy with its favorites. We sincerely hope and believe that nothing of this sort will ever again mar a Harvard athletic meeting...