Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There are, beyond dispute, questions in student life that press for some settlement, and we can think of no way that promises more for this settlement than to have a frank discussion by those who see the questions from different points of view. It will take tactful management to make these conferences a success, but we are sure that every student will be eager for their success...
...Civil Service Reform Club held its second smoke talk last evening at the Colonial Club. Professor Hart was the speaker and gave a very interesting talk on civil service in the United States, taking the point of view of the spoilsman and discussing the arguments which the latter advances for his belief in the distribution of offices among party followers as a reward for service...
...track team that many graduates are looking for a victory over Yale, and if prestige counts for anything our former record, together with the dependence and interest placed in the team by Harvard men, should call for the most effective efforts this year. With this in view it is to be hoped that a good beginning will be made on Monday night next at the first meeting of the candidates by showing the largest attendance ever yet secured, in answer to Captain Bingham's call...
...every performance. No one should lose the opportunity of seeing him as General Josiah Limber, the greatest success of his professional career. He shows up in the most ludicrous light the defects in our political system, so that politicians themselves are kept in a constant laughter. The satirical view in which the comedy is written and the clever manner in which the leading character is developed make the entertainment especially attractive. Miss Rush, as Cleopatra Sturgis, the Twentieth Century Woman, is undoubtedly a great success. Combining with beauty the talents of a truly delightful comedian, she draws to herself...
...singing of the Glee Club, especially in the softer songs, "Ben Bolt" and "In Picardie," was marked by an unusually careful attention to expression. The latter song was, from a musical point of view, the best on the programme. The only serious defect was in the vocal waltz "Invitation," in which the piano accompaniment was too light to keep the voices in tune. The new march, "Onward," was sung with excellent spirit, but old "Schneider's," which was sung as an encore after the first number, was better rendered than it has ever been before. The solos were all good...