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From Mr. H. G. Curtis '65, the Museum has received a gift of forty seven bronze reproductions of Italian and French Medals of the Renaissance. These Medals rival in their artistic finish the finest coins of the ancients. The chief Italian and the chief French master in works of this class, Vittore Pisano, and Dupre, are represented in this collection. Among the portraits by these and other medalists are those of Alfonzo V of Aragon, Lionello D'Este of Ferrara, Filippe Maria, Visconti of Milan, Leon Battista Alberti, Cosimo de Medici and Lorenzo de Medici. The medals...
...Freshman crew squads was held at the University Boat- house Saturday afternoon. The men were coached individually by J. G. Smith 1L. and Vail, after which the squads were formed into eights. Upon the whole, the work was unsatisfactory, as the men showed a general inability to master the rudiments of the stroke, although this may be partly accounted for by the difficulty experienced with some of the slides, which did not run smoothly. The machines, however, will be overhauled this morning and put in perfect order...
...Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock, M. Pianelli, the University fencing master, will instruct an extra class in the fencing room at the Gymnasium. The class which will contain not more than 15 men, will be open to all members of the University and will offer an excellent opportunity for special instruction. The work, however, will not count as part of the regular competition for the teams...
...satisfied with the wrong word, the wrong color, is the sign of an inferior author. A brilliant writer is the last one who can afford to be false or fatuous." He read several extracts from different works of Stevenson, including the dueling scene between the brothers in "The Master of Ballantrae," and characterized Stevenson as the writer of "the burning-glass style." He admitted that several of Stevenson's best scenes were from borrowed ideas, but said: "Originality does not lie with the man who does the thing first, but with the man who does it best...
Candidates for the University fencing team, for the class and Law School teams, and all other fencers desiring appointments under the fencing master, will meet tonight at 7 o'clock in Lower Massachusetts...