Word: maye
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this season two concerts have been given. On Saturday evening both the Glee and Banjo clubs give a concert in Boston at the rooms of the Boston Art Club. This is the first time a freshman club has received an invitation to sing at the Art Club. On Thursday, May 2, the club will give a concert in Boston, at 143 Newberry street, the house of Lewis Hall, '92. A large number of tickets have been already sold for this concert, the proceeds of which will be given to the freshman crew. The annual Cambridge concert at Lyceum Hall will...
...club has received an invitation to sing at Milton also. The money from this concert will also be given to the crew. A dance will be given to the club after the concert. It is very possible that a concert will be given at Andover May 22, the evening of the freshman game there. Last year the Ninety-one club gave a concert there and had a very enjoyable time. The club this year is making good progress. It has taken the advice of the older men in college and has decided to try simpler songs, and get them...
...occupation, more like amusement than serious work, and the life of a musician did not present an attractive prospect. But of late years music has been more free from this stigma, and all the arts are meeting with public appreciation. A musician cannot become a rich man, but he may be a very happy one. Unless he has an independent income, he must do more or less teaching, and, indeed, ability to teach is a requirement of the greatest importance...
...regard to the salary of musicians it may be safely asseted that exceptional men get as high as $7,000 or even $8,000 a year. but there are not more than a dozen such incomes in this country. A first class musician may expect to get anywhere from $2,500 to $4,000 per annum. But it must be remembered that these amounts are received only by men of remarkable talent. The best teachers get four, five, or six dollars an hour for their lessons. It is very advisable that a man learn to play the organ, so that...
...team, but rather they are on the team because of their constant practice and consequent excellence. There is a very small element of chance in shooting, and it does not require any special aptitude for it. Almost any one with fairly steady nerves and a quick eye. though they may not become crackshots, can by dint of practice, become sure and steady shots, and it is of such men that the team is in need. The more men there are at the weekly shoots, the more pleasant they are, as everyone knows who was on the grounds February...