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...first performance went off with eclat - in spite of a slight lack of vigor on the part of the orchestra. The play was over at 10.45 p.m., just before the close of the Patti show in the neighboring Annex. The performances yesterday were eminently successful, and the audience last night were highly enthusiastic, and the play went more smoothly than before. The theatrical committee is given below. All praise is due to Messrs. Michael and Daniels for the earnest work and thought which they have put into the play. To their efforts the success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. P. C. Theatricals. | 4/14/1887 | See Source »

...able management of the H. A. A. as was the meeting a week ago. The feather-weight sparring was extremely interesting, and so was the light-weight contest. But we wish that a little more "science" had been displayed in the latter, while retaining the same amount of vigor and pluck. We believe that while boxing may be pleasant for our lady friends to witness, "slugging," or any approach to it, should vigorously be excluded, and, therefore, we hope that next year some method may be contrived by which none but feather-weight boxing will be permitted on the First...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/28/1887 | See Source »

...there. Especially do we approve the spirited manner in which the articles in the last number give a well-deserved trust at the experiments in physical exercise in which Vassar girls are said to indulge. This reprehensible tendency of college maidens cannot be too severly rebuked. Sturdiness and vigor in girls are the objects of just ridicule. The "Lampoon" is a peculiarity of Harvard journalism, and without it we would lose one of the chief characteristics of Harvard life and manners. We can predict a long continuation of the useful life of the "Lampoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/21/1887 | See Source »

...wish the same thing could be said of the first three college songs given by the Glee Club, but the truth is they were careless and weak. The vigor and care displayed in the fourth song were in marked contrast to those that went before, and in part made up for what they lacked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/19/1887 | See Source »

...college songs which opened part two of the programme were sung with great snap and vigor. The Skating Song appealed to the audience particularly and Schneider's Band created great merriment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/19/1887 | See Source »

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