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...Midnight Bell," Charles H. Hoyt's new comedy, was presented for the first time in Boston at the Boston theatre last evening. The play is presented in four acts, each scene being exceedingly realistic, especially the school house which is a good reproduction of an old fashioned country school. The cast is strong throughout but Martin Tripp the country boy, and Squire Olcott meet with the greatest favor and keep the audience in laughter throughout the performance. The story is of a bank robbery and the real robber is not found out until the ringing of the midnight bell...
...holiday production at the Tremont theatre, which began last night and will continue until after New Years, is the extravaganza "Bluebeard Jr.," by the Chicago Opera House company. It is on the order of the "Crystal Slipper," which was played in Boston last season. At least two hundred persons appear during the performance. The stage settings are particularly elaborate. Among the chief features are the ballet of birds and insects, the golden terrace of Bluebeard's castle and the light of Asia ballet...
...falling off in receipts from the Yale games and the reduction in the price of season tickets from $5 to $2.50, comes a short summary of the affairs of the Boat club: The expenses during the last college year were $10,076.17, of which $3.496 was paid for a new steam-launch an unusual expense, which was met chiefly by graduate subscriptions; $880 went for new boats, and $500 for the for the tank in which the crews practice rowing during the winter. The total receipts of the season were $9,918,03, leaving a deficit...
Cornell recently challenged Yale to a three mile straightaway eight oared race to be rowed at New London in June. Captain Allen answered to the effect that Yale would restrict her aquatic contests to Harvard only. The following is his reply...
...reply to your letter of December 3 asking us to arrange with Cornell for a boat race at New London next June, I would say that Yale intends hereafter to row with Harvard, and with no other American University...