Word: talking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...third rate player is chosen, talk of favoritism will at once spread over the University, and many men will be discouraged from coming out as candidates for the team. A captain who is a third rate player can not have the respect of his men; his judgment in assisting to make up the team can not be relied on; he is bound to be a failure in every way. The success of the team is of small importance. however, compared with the great principal which this election involves. The names of the candidates need not be mentioned...
...DENNISON.MERMAID CLUB.- Meeting this evening at 8 o'clock in 35 Hastings Hall. Dr. Hennequir, Professor of French Language and Literature and Lecturer on the Drama at the New England School of Languages, will give a smoke-talk on "Dumas's Influence on the English Drama." Open to club members only or on special invitation...
...preliminary lessons consist of talk, the development of the voice with practical exercises to bring about this development. On Tuesday the class will be supplied with Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirate" which will be used as a text book. At the close of the lessons if the men in the course so desire the opera will be given publicly; either after the fashion of an oritorio, or by securing a number of public singers to fill the leading places...
There will be a meeting of representatives of Harvard and Pennsylvania in New York soon to talk over the proposed track athletic games. Although nothing is yet certain, it is very probable that the games will be arranged...
...number of men met in Holden Chapel last evening to observe the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Carlyle. Professor Norton gave an interesting talk about Carlyle from the standpoint of a friend. At the end of his address he showed those present a number of personal letters and relics...