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Dates: during 1870-1879
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GLOBE THEATRE. - This theatre was reopened last Monday with Mr. Bandmann in "Narcisse." To-night " Hamlet" will be given; to-morrow afternoon, "Camille"; and to-morrow evening, "The Merchant of Venice." Next Monday, Auber's Opera, "The Crown Diamonds" will be produced and the week after "The Black Crook," under the direction of the Kiralfy brothers...
...Lacrosse Club will probably play the Union Club a week from to-morrow. Between thirty and forty men are trying for positions on the team...
...table, instead of twelve. I believe there are more than thirty boarders at Memorial beyond the seating capacity; and, although we are told that this number helps to reduce the cost of living, there are few of us who would not prefer to pay the few cents' difference per week, to incur the actual discomfort. The association must remember that, two or three years ago, a general exodus took place from Memorial when an attempt was made to impose inferior food upon the members; and it is possible that the present falsely economical policy may meet with similar failure...
...correspondence column this week will be found a letter complaining once more of the new rule of the Bursar, which requires students rooming in the College buildings to employ janitors instead of scouts. This subject is one that cannot be too often touched upon; for so petty a piece of tyranny, the amount of annoyance it may cause is very great. We admit that it is desirable that the College buildings should have janitors; but why students should be called upon to fill out their inefficient salaries is not so clear. As our correspondent points out, there is no redress...
GAIETY THEATRE. - A company called "The Revellers" are appearing at this theatre this week in a piece by the name of "Trouble." Mr. Newcomb and Miss Davenport easily lead, both in singing and acting. The plot of the piece is somewhat slight, but there is plenty of fun as well as melody in it. Next week Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty Troupe will appear here...