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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dinner to the crew of '81 was given at the St. James Hotel, last Friday evening. About forty gentlemen were present. Mr. Trenholm presided, and, in fact, was the only officer, the dinner being purely an informal one. The health of the crew was drunk with Highland honors, and was followed by twenty-seven cheers. Mr. Hammond and Mr. Brandegee responded. Congratulations were exchanged on the past, and hopes expressed for the future. Several other toasts were drunk, among them, "The Annex," and songs were given by various gentlemen. Altogether, the dinner passed off very enjoyably, and many gentlemen expressed...
...their disposal, to be spent in any way they saw fit, - setting aside a certain sum for a new dormitory (rooms to be obtained for the paltry sum of $500 and upward), or else a new recitation hall (to be provided with wooden benches, candles, shutters, cold draughts, one small blackboard for each room, and all other modern improvements). The residue of the legacy was at their disposal...
...finances, walks were out of the question, unless the prices of rooms could be raised. This expense could also be met by building an L to There, - a step rendered almost a necessity by the present overcrowded condition of that edifice; or else the janitors might be hired for one day only in each week. He moved that the money be devoted to building a place of confinement for suspended men, and supporting them there at their own-cost. This motion, however, was not seconded...
Just bad enough in one to blend...
PARK THEATRE. - Mr. Sothern, as Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin," is as inimitable as ever. Of the support, little favorable can be said. Miss Storrs, as Georgina, is one of the most thoroughly ladylike actresses we have seen on our stage. Mr. Sothern appears as Lord Dundreary to-night, and to-morrow afternoon and evening; next week he will appear in "The Crushed Tragedian...