Word: ones
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...order of their component parts. His programme consisted of Bach's Italian Concerto in F major; Sonate Pathetique and Sonate op. 109 by Beethoven; Impromptu in G b major and Nocturne in E major by Chopin; and the Hunting Chorus from Mendelssohn's Songs without Words. The programme was one alike interesting in representing the evolution of instrumental music and strong in contrast of musical imagination, as well as highly enjoyable in its individual works, which were rendered in a conscientious manner. Mr. Paine's interpretation was especially noteworthy in the Bach Concerto. The audience - a large part of which...
...request of the two captains, the citizens agreed to make the boat-houses water-tight, a quality they did not possess last year. They also agreed that the space below the finish line should be unobstructed for one quarter-mile, and be patrolled by police-boats, and that the course should be buoyed by yawls anchored half a mile apart, each boat flying a red flag from a staff twenty feet high. Last year the buoys were so small as to be almost invisible to coxswains, and therefore valueless as guides. The first-mentioned method of buoying would distinctly mark...
...suggested by Captain Trimble that permanent quarters be built for the crews adjacent to their boat-houses, and he submitted plans providing for two one-story houses having twelve sleeping-rooms, commodious kitchens, and such other conveniences as boating experience suggests. The suggestions are held under advisement. Should it be decided not to build quarters for the crews, Harvard will occupy those she had last year. Yale is unable to secure her old quarters, and must seek new ones...
...One treads not on a daisy, and the shower...
...said, unjustly deprived of reward. The effect in the first respect will be, on the contrary, to diminish the total amount of true scholarship among the students. The value of honours under the new plan will be much less than that of the present ones. The very value of graduating honours at present is that there is a general interest as to who obtains them; there will be much less interest taken in a list embracing a large proportion of the class, - it will rouse as much excitement as the list of Bachelors of Arts. Our Harvard honours will become...