Word: popularity
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gruener, who furnished this translation, thinks he sees a political motive in this fiction, and is of the opinion that the papers printing such reports were misled by those who sought thus to influence the popular mind against the introduction of American and English athletic sports, which the Emperor favors...
...attendance at the three concerts already given in Boston, by M. Ysaye, the great violinist, has been so very large, and requests for another concert so numerous, that Mr. Ellis has arranged for a farewell matinee at Music Hall, Saturday afternoon, February 9, at popular prices, and this being the week that the Orchestra is away and the last opportunity to hear the great artist at a recital, a tremendous sale is anticipated. M. Ysaye will be heard in works by Raff, Greig, Vieuxtemps, Joachim, and M. Lachaume will also assist...
...evening, January 20 at the Boston Theatre. For the matinee a number of novelties and selections of especial interest to violin students and musicians will be heard, some of them for the first time here. At the Sunday evening concert the programme will be of a more brilliant and popular nature, as a large orchestra, under the direction of Mr. T. Adamowski, the violinist and well known leader of the Promenade Concerts during the summer season, will assist and the orchestral work will partake somewhat of the nature of the popular concerts, an announcement which certainly will be heard with...
...Brewer '96, the newly-elected captain of the Harvard football team for next year, and E. H. Fennessy '96, the captain of this spring's crew, have naturally created surprise and wonder among Yale alumni and undergraduates. It is hard to get a solution of the modus operandi, now popular at Harvard, although several prominent Yale athletes have been interviewed on the subject, among them Walter Camp '80, as well as different members of the football team and some of the candidates for the crew...
Some such plan for a series of afternoon lectures as is advocated by the writer of the communication which we publish this morning would seem to be worthy of consideration. It is to a great extent true that the popular evening lectures are for all practical purposes open only to the college and the Cambridge public. The student who wishes to give his friends a glimpse of the activities of college life is at present offered few opportunities beyond the athletic games. What wonder that when so many people have come to Cambridge to see football or baseball games...