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THE TECHI'ublished every Thursday, during the college year, by students

of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MORGAN BARNEY, 10oo, Editor in Chief.STANLEY G. H. FITCH, '9goo, Assistant Editor in Chief.

PAUL RAYMOND BROOKS, 19goo, Secretary.CLARENCE RENSHAW, '99.

GUY PRENTISS BURCH, '99.C. W. CORBETT, 'l9.

PHILIP COOMBS PEARSON, 'oi.I. RAYNE ADAMS, '02.

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OFFICE HOUIRS:Editor in Chief, Saturday, 12-1 P.M.Business tlanager, Saturday, 12=1 P.M.

For the benefit of students THE TE CII will be pleased to answerall questions and obtain all possible information pertaining to anydepartment of the College.

Contributions are requested from all undergraduates, alumni, andoficers of instruction. No anonymous manuscraipt can be accepted.

Subscription, $2.5o per year, in advance. Single copies, io cts. each.

Entered in Post Office, Boston, Mass., as Second Class Matter.

i-HE communication froma '99 man, published inlast week's issue of THETECH, in which the re-cent Interscholastic Drill

held by 1902 was attacked, has been repliedto this week by several Freshmen, who havedefended with considerable spirit the positiontaken by I902. A communication from aprominent member of the Sophomore Class,however, expresses even more radical viewsthan did Mr. Stone, and he characterizes theDrill as an " inane institution," and declaresthat it is " time the upper classes took somedecided action" toward stopping such Drillsin the future.

a,,IT now seems certain it willnot be long before the Insti-tute will receive, according tothe will of the late EdwardAustin, Esq., a donation of$400,oo000. After the tax ofthe United States Govern-

ment of sixty thousand dollars, under thepresent law is deducted, this will be an equiv-alent of sixty-eight scholarships, the presentnumber being eighty, making a total of onehundred and forty-eight scholarships at theInstitute. This gift is a recognition of thevalue of the training received at Technology;moreover, recognition by such a donation isa most emphatic tribute to the work of aneducational institution. This is also a tributeto the zeal, energy, and enthusiasm of ourfirst President, William Barton Rogers, whowas a warm friend of Mr. Austin.

T appears as if a new era had com-menced for athletics in the Institute.It started last fall when the Footballteam made the best record that hasbeen made by an Institute team for

years. The relay team more than kept up thegood work, winning two races handily, and inthe last one made the fastest time, with theexception of the Harvard team, that has everbeen made in the Mechanics Building, andprobably in the country. Amherst and Brownnow eagerly seek for dual meets with us. Andnow comes a most generous offer. Everyoneknows that a minstrel show is to be held thisspring for the benefit of the Track team. Aperson, who wishes to remain unknown, hasvoluntarily offered that if the minstrel show beheld at the Hollis Street or some other first-

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class theatre, the Athletic Association will losenothing by it. In other words, the personguarantees all expenses. If this enterprise iscarried on in the right way, it will mean thatwe will vie with the Cadets in presenting anamateur performance every year. There is noreason why we cannot give a first-class per-formance. A great many of the Seniors willremember the minstrel show given by theAthletic Association in their Freshman year-what a successful production it was, bothfinancially and artistically. Returning nowto the athletic part, even if we do not win atWorcester, it will be nothing to be discouragedover, for we shall know that for the next yearwe will undoubtedly have money to carry onthe season's training in a first-class manner.For the present we have nothing to worry over.

E note without sur-prise the action of

.-"' the Senior Class atHarvard in voting

Mid to^ E m> to abolish the wear-' " ing of the cap and

gown during the*\ , 1 last two months of

the college year,.l7and to reserve this

costume solely forClass Day and Commencement Day. Thisis a step in the direction of abolishing anancient and inconvenient garb, although thereare loud protests from certain quarters, espec-ially from our contemporary, the Crimson,against giving up a custom of such long stand-ing. It is certainly uncomfortable to wear aheavy gown and cap during the two hottestmonths of the college year, and at any timeit is a nuisance. The only argument that canbe urged in favor of retaining the cap andgown is one of sentiment, and in these dayswhen practical utility is the standard bywhich things are judged, sentimental reasons

bear little weight. Further, the custom isnot one which has been unanimously ob-served, and without such observance thewearing of the cap and gown loses its greatestsignificance.

At Tech. the cap and gown is an unknownquantity, even on Class Day. Situated aswe are, it would have been quite out of thequestion to have worn caps and gowns duringthe latter part of the year; but on Class Dayour conditions are not radically different fromthose at Harvard. Whenever it has beenproposed to introduce the wearing of the capand gown as a Class-day custom, the propo-sition has met with extreme disfavor. Thislatest vote of the Harvard Seniors shows atendency toward the abolition of the custom,and the total disappearance of the cap andgown does not seem far distant.

The Technology Club.

THE following will take place at the Tech-nology Club in the near future: Thursday,March 23d, 8 P. M. Smoke talk. Prof.Charles E. Munroe, Dean of the ColumbianUniversity, President of the American Chemi-cal Society, and Government Expert on HighExplosives, will speak on "Smokeless Pow-der." Friday, March 31st, 8 P. M.-'Smoke-less" talk. Mr. W. Lyman Underwood (whogave a delightful talk last year at the Club)will speak on "Hunting with a Camera," withstereopticon illustrations. Friday, April 7th,8 P. M.-Subscription reading and concert forthe benefit of the Musical Clubs. Mrs. ErvingWinslow will read from Kipling and Barrie,and the Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin Clubs willsing and play.

During "Junior Week" the Club will beopen to the Juniors and their friends for theten days beginning April i7th.

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The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for opin-

ions expressed by correspondents.

rTO THE EDITORS OF THE TECH :

There seems to be some misunderstanding amongthe upper class men in regard to the recent drill heldunder the auspices of the Class of I902. No Tech-nology man was entered in the competitive drill, andthe battalion took part only in the opening and clos-ing marchings.

For several years it has been the custom at Harvardto offer a trophy for the Interscholastic championshipin Tennis; Princeton offers a trophy for the Inter-scholastic championship in Track Athletics. Whyshould not Technology offer a trophy for the Inter-scholastic championship in Military Drill? There canbe no doubt but that benefit has accrued to Harvardand Princeton, and already beneficial results arepromising for Technology. The principal of theschool which won the cup at the last drill writes thatSt. John's will send six men to the Institute next year.

If, then, such drills influence preparatory schoolmen in favor of the Institute, it is to the true interestof Technology that the Interscholastic drills shouldbe continued.

ALBERT EATON LOMBARD, '02.

To THE EDITORS OF rHE TECH:-

You published in the last number of THE TECH aletter from a member of the Class of '99, criticisingand condemning the recent Interscholastic competi-tive drill held by the Class of I902. The drill washeld under the auspices of the Class of 1902 in thesame manner as the B. A. A hold the Interscholasticgames. The members of the high school battalionshad nothing whatever to do with the drill of the M.I. T. battalion-acting as ushers or anything else.They simply drilled between themselves. As for itsbeing harmful to the Institute, I claim that it willbenefit it, inasmuch as it will tend to raise the stand-ard of drilling at those schools, and thus better pre-pare the men who enter the Institute for their drill.It is true that the Tech. yell was given with "EnglishHigh School" on the end; but who gave it? Upperclass men, the majority of whom were members ofi90oi. If the members of i902 are expected to bewell posted in "yell etiquette" in the Institute,

would it not be a good plan for their predecessors toset them a good example?

It seems to me that if we are to condemn and stopall connections with Interscholastic competitions,would it not be advisable to look at the Athletics?The Technology Class teams play the high schoolteams in football, etc. Is it any worse or more harm-ful to the Institute to hold an Interscholastic competi-tive drill, in which Tech. men are simply spectators,than to go on to the football field and competeagainst those same schools? I say No.

I hope that in the future all our drills will be Inter-collegiate. Let us have no competition with highschool battalions. I hope, however, that the enteringclasses of the future will continue to hold the com-petitive drill for the cup in the same manner andspirit as the Class of 1902 started it.

HENRY ERSKINE STILLINGS, '02.

To THE EDITORS OF THE TECH:-

In the last TECH Mr. Stone, '99, started a muchneeded campaign against the absurd institution whichthe Freshmen have instituted, viz., "Technology'sInterscholastic Drill."

Although I agree with Mr. Stone in every particular,yet I think that he is a little hard on the youngestclass in the Institute. He should be more lenient,remembering that the Freshmen have just come fromthe high school, and naturally can't quite decide tobreak from what was recently so dear to them.

However, this is no reason why the Institute shouldbe saddled with any such inane institution, and it ishigh time the upper classes took some decided actionbefore the thing goes any further. S-rike while theiron's hot.

" 1901."

To THE EDITORS OF THE TECH:-

In the last number of THE TECH is a communica-tion from an upper classman to which I wish to reply.Your correspondent criticizes the Class of '02 for hav-ing conducted an interscholastic drill. If, as thewriter of that letter implies, it is harmful for Tech-nology to have anything to do with the "Prep."schools, let us see what other offenders there are be-sides the Freshmen.

Our 'Varsity Football team must, under these con-ditions, be doing great harm to the Institute, for,worse than patronizing "Prep." schools, they havecompeted with them, and even thought it not endless

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disgrace to be beaten by Andover or Exeter. Nextamong the harmful influences must be classed theFaculty, for during the last vacation they invited theheads of these same "Prep." schools to visit Technol-ogy, and those who came were entertained by ourprofessors. Truly, the Faculty must be looked after.A worse offender than either the Football team or theFaculty is the Corporation of the Institute; for theyencourage men from the " Prep." schools to enterTechnology, and such has been their influence that amajority of Tech. men come from these schools.What a great institution Technology must be to havethrived under all these harmful influences !

But let us look at the question from another side.Which is more harmful to Technology, to take an in-terest in the "Prep." schools and patronize an inter-scholastic drill, or to do as your correspondent boaststhat the Class of '99 did, and haughtily reject thewell-meant offers of the ablest fellows of the schoolsfrom which nearly half her men came the year before?If courtesy and consideration are harmful to Technol-ogy, then '02 is a worse class than '99.

FREDERICK H. HUNTER, '02.

The Clock in Rogers.O clock, you long have stood in state,

And never moved your hands,Which ever point to quarter of eight,

Not caring how time stands.

At last, O clock, you had to go,And in your well-known place

A clock electric, which will moveIts hands around its face.

O clock, we'll miss your quiet calm,Your air of sweet repose,

But we'll not think the change a harmWhen your successor goes.

FREDERICK HI HUNTER, '02.

"I conclude that's a fly," said the youngtrout.

" You are right, my dear," said its mother,"but never jump at conclusions."-Ex.

I wanted to start a magazine,And spoke of it to my dad,

And after hearing what he said,I thought I really had.

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The 1902 Class Dinner will be held atYoung's Hotel on March 24th, at 7 o'clock.Tickets for the dinner may be obtained fromthe Dinner Committee.

J. B. Stearns, A. W. McCrea, H. H.Hewitt, A.J. Hale, L. B. Abbott, have re-ceived mention in the fourth-year problem, adesign for a Golf Club.

A squad is being formed firomn the Fresh-man Battalion to give an exhibition of theButt Physical Drill at the next public drill.All men over five feet six inches in heightwho wish to join are requested to report toCaptain Hervey.

The mentions in the fifth-year problem, adesign for a large lecture hall and severalsmall ones for the Boston Athenaeum, are asfollows: G. P. Stevens and A. H. Cox. Thelatter also received honors for his rendering ofa sketch problem.

On Monday evening, March 13th, themembers of Die Gesellschaft formed a pleas-ant party at the Dudley Street Opera House,where the Deutsche Theatre Gesellschaft gavean excellent production of the new Germanplay "I'm Weissen Ross'l."

At a meeting of the Walker Club on March17th, it was voted to reconsider the formerdecision of the Club to give the receipts of theplay to the Athletic Association, and on themotion of J. B. Laws, 'oi, Manager of theMinstrel Show, it was decided to give theprofits toward the new gymnasium.

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April ioth, in Rogers Corridor. Applicationsby mail or through the "Cage" will be re-ceived until April 7th. Seats will be assignedin order of application. Blanks may be ob-tained at the "Cage."

The formal exhibition battalion drill will beiheld about the first of May, and shortly afterthis drill the major of the battalion will beappointed. The Junior company will drillagainst the Freshman at this exhibition.

A meeting of the Society of Arts will beheld at the Institute on Thursday, March 23d,i899, at 8 P. M. Francis R. Hart, F.R.G.S.,President of the Cartagena-Magdalena Rail-way Co., will read a paper, illustrated bystereopticon, on " An American Railway inColombia." All persons interested are in-vited to be present.

The many friends of Albert W. Tucker,'98, will be pleased to learn of his good for-tune in securing a good position at the UnionMine, Gold Hill, N. C. Mr. Tucker, whohas been an assistant in the Mining Labora-tory here at the Institute, left last Tuesdaynight for the Union Mine, where he will havecharge of the assay office.

The dinner and theatre-party of the Chi-cago Club will be given on next Saturdayevening, April ist. All members who enjoya good time, at a cost below $I.50 apiece,are urged to leave their names, before nextTuesday, with any of the following men (orat the Cage): F. D. Chase, 'oo0; H. C. Mor-riss, 'oo; H. L. Walker, 'oo; J. R. Brownell,'oo; P. R. Brooks, 'oo, or H. E. Osgood,'00.

On Thursday afternoon, March i6th, Dr.George T. Dippold gave the members of DieGesellschaft a superb address on Bismarck.While Bismarck's parliamentary careerformed the basis of the lecture, yet the back-ground was filled with a wealth of historicaldescription and witty anecdote. After the

address a number of slides were shown, deal-ing with Bismarck and the period of theFranco-Prussian War.

Technology Calendar.

Thursday, AIarch 23.-Rehearsal of the Minstrel Show,Huntington Hall, at 4 P. M.. '99 Election, Rogers Corri-dor, 8.30 A. M. to 4.30 P. IM.

Friday, AIarch 24.-Meeting Y. M. C. A.,4.Io P.M., I

Rogers. Freshman Dinner, Young's Hotel, at 7 P. M

Saturday, March 25. -Annual Cross-country Run,start 2.30 P. M. from "Gym." Tournament of ChessClub with Phillips-Andover Academy; train leaves NorthUnion Station 12.15 P. AM.

AN ELECTROSTATIC PAIR.

Hie was the gallant engineerOf a giant dynamo;

She sang to the wires the whole day longWith a chorus of" Hello!"

He loved this telephonic maid,Till his heart's vibrating plate

WVas magnetized and polarizedAt a milliamperic rate.

His love he well expressed in ohmsAnd amperes, or even in volts;

In voltaic phrases and dynamo figures,Or currents, arc lights, and volts.

Said he: "By the great broken circuit,Or more, by the Ruhmkorff coil,

Your negative answers will drive meTo some subway under the soil.

"Not a spark of inductive affection,Not a positive 'Yes' have I had;

l'm afraid the wires have groundedIn favor of some other lad."

Then regret, like a galvanometer,Or an astatic needle, it smote her,

And she said: "I Of love I have ionsAs strong as an Edison motor."

So he opened the circuit and clasped herIn arm-ature, and held her there;

And she was the belle electricOf this thermo-electric pair.

-Chicago Tribu v c.

"That fellow just told me a touching tale.""Who is he?"" A pickpocket."- Wrinkle.

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AT the last meeting of the Executive Com-mittee a sub-committee, consisting of Hall,'oo, Winslow, '99, and Murray, 'oI, was ap-pointed to arrange for a mass meeting of thestudents in Huntington Hall on Wednesday,March 22d. The Committee worked hard,and a splendid collection of banners andprizes won by Tech. teams and individualmen has been displayed in the Rogers corri-dor since Monday.

The work of the Committee brought aboutgood results, and President McMasters, ofthe Athletic Association, called to order aboutthree hundred students. He stated that theobject of the meeting was to acquaint thestudent body with the condition of the Ath-letic Association financially, and with themeans by which it is proposed to put theAssociation on its feet, and called on Treas-urer R. B. Murray for a report. Murraystated that the Association had an out-stand-ing debt of $I98, and a cash balance of $50.He said that about $150 would be needed topay the spring expenses of the Track team,including coaches, trainers, and the Worces-ter trip, making about $300 which must beraised by the Association.

President McMasters then introduced as aloyal alumnus Mr. C.-E. A. Winslow, '98.

Mr. Winslow prefaced his remarks by astory which created much amusement, of theeffect of athletic training on college men ingeneral, and Tech. men in particular. Hespoke of the growing interest in undergradu-ate affairs among the alumni, and stated thatwhile five years ago the alumni seemed in-different to undergraduate achievements,to-day they are actively at work trying toraise the funds for a splendid gymnasium.He praised especially the work of SecretaryH. W. Tyler in this direction, and the loyaltyof Major F. H. Briggs, '8I, for the activeinterest he is taking in undergraduate life.He said, however, that there was a great

danger that more interest would be takenamong the alumni in college life than in thestudent body itself, and urged upon the stu-dents the necessity of increasing their interestin Institute affairs.

President McMasters then introduced, as aloyal friend of the students, Prof. Davis R.Dewey of the Faculty. Professor Deweyconfessed ignorance of athletic games, butrecognized the value of athletic life, andurged the students to support the teams. Hereferred to the sympathy of General Walkerfor athletics, and told how encouraging agood attendance is upon matters of all kinds,saying that it made jumpers jump higher, andkickers kick better, and extending his re-marks even to attendance at lectures.

Milton W. Hall was then introduced asmanager of the Minstrel Show. Hall told ofthe preparations taking place to make theshow a success, and asked for more candi-dates for the chorus and for the ballet, andsaid that he could report most encouragingprospects for a good show. He said thatthe ballet will be trained by the best ballettrainer in Boston; and all of the parts willbe in competent hands. He stated that sub-scription blanks would be circulated amongthe students, thus enabling them to securegood seats before they were placed on publicsale April 22d. He said that every seat soldwill be a profit to the Athletic Association,and closed his remarks with a plea for a goodattendance.

President McMasters then thanked the stu-dents for their attendance, and the meetingwas adjourned.

THE BETTER PART OF VALOR.

He was a gallant, brave and bold,But he read women well;

"He never told his love," becauseHe knew his love would tell.

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'95. Mr. George F. C. Merriss, I., died inWashington, D. C., last week. He was fill-ing a position in the United States GeologicalSurvey, of the department of the interior.

'97. Elwell Kimball is employed asdraughtsman at the New England Construc-tion Company Works at Everett, Mass.

'98. Martin Boyle is chief chemist of theTowle Manufacturing Co. at Newburyport,Mass.

'98. Mr. H. L. Currier, II., is an appren-tice at the Wm. Cramp Ship & Engine Build-ing Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.

'98. Mr. George Hutchinson, II., is re-ceiving from the Montana Mining Corpora-tion of Boston a year's post-graduate work ina large machine shop in Milwaukee, afterwikich he hopes to be located in Butte, Mont.

'98. Mr. Paul F. Johnson, II., is in chargeof the City Hall Tower Clock of Philadelphia,which is inr process of construction.

'98. Mr. ';'. B. Perry is draughting for theAmerican Machine Company of Pawtucket,R.I.

'98. Mr. Horace R. Thayer, I., is adraughtsman in the department of Yards andDocks at the Navy Yard in Portsmouth,N.H.

'98. W. G. Zimmerman, II., is with theIllinois Central R. R., and is located inChicago.

'99. Godfrey L. Smith, XIII., has with-drawn from the Institute, and has accepted aposition as draughtsman with the NewportNews Ship Building Co.

There has been considerable misunderstand-ing as to who is the Manager of the 1902

Baseball nine. The position is held by Mr.C. A. Sawyer, Jr., '02.

The Committee on the new Gymnasium hasbeen appointed as follows: Robert H. Richards,'68, Thomas Hibbard, '75, Harry W. Tyler,'84, Everett Morss, '85, William D. Thurber,'89, Edward Cunningham, '9i, Albert F. Be-mis, '93, Benjamin Hurd, '96.

The Advisory Council on Athletics held ameeting last Thursday. The Athletic Associa-tion was empowered under certain limits tomake arrangements with Brown and Amherstfor dual meets. To secure more uniformity,hereafter Mr. Briggs, President of the Council,will furnish T's to those men who win them.The designs will probably be different for theFootball and Athletic Associations. There wassome talk about a trainer for the Track team,but nothing definite was decided. Next meet-ing will be held March 30th.

Garrett, 'oI, ran on the Cambridgeport"Gym." team in a relay race against the I2thRegiment team at the latter's indoor games inNew York on Thursday evening, and metwith a curious accident. Jennings, of Cam-bridgeport, ran third, and finished on eventerms with his man, after having cut downa good-sized lead. As Jennings touchedGarrett's hand the latter slipped, and Jennings,exhausted by his run, fell on top of him, andby the time the Cambridge men had extricatedthemselves, Waters, for the i2th Regiment,was half a lap away. Garrett made a goodtry for his man and cut down the lead con-siderablv. but was unable to catch him.

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THDE remarkable efficiency and unqualified successof a certain employment bureau, under the manage-ment of a gentleman orthodoxically represented ashaving very notable phrenological developments uponeither side of his forehead, and a caudal appendagehaving more or less in common with the trident ofNeptune, in finding positions for the otherwise unem-ployed is so generally known as to have become 'pro-verbial. It is rare indeed, however, to find attendants(the Lounger has advisedly avoided the more usualand customary word "students ") of the Institute,and especially Seniors, among the beneficiaries ofthis establishment. Consequently it is with no incon-siderable surprise that the Lounger has heard of thedoings of some of his friends,-the architects. Sup-plied in most respects with all that could be desiredin the way of quarters in the new Pierce Building,equipped with all the latest and most modern conven-iences, one important detail was unfortunately over-looked by those in charge of the course, and little orno work was provided to occupy their time and atten-tion. Can it be wondered, then, that thus unprovidedfor they should have recourse to pitched battles withmodelling clay, or the gentle and harmless amusementof emptying the contents of the fire buckets upon theunwary climbers of the stairway below them? Truly,boys must be boys, and the Lounger has not the heartto deal harshly with these lords of creation, whom,secure as they have been in their lives of ease andluxury, he has been wont to regard as gentlemen afterhis own mind.

The Lounger has recently discovered that there ison foot a commotion of no small dimensions. Thelarge supplies of ink and paper brought into the office,the frequent posters exhibited in the corridor to admir-ing crowds of excited spectators, the unusual activityat the armory due to extra drills, and last, but by nomeans least, the serving of "army beef" by special

request in the lunch room, all point to but one result-the battle between Seniors and Freshmen is on, andthe dogs of war are unloosed! The strife promisesto be fierce and sanguinary, and even the Loungerhesitates to predict the result. All this and more hasbeen aroused by the stone recently metaphoricallyhurled in the column of Communications at the successof the Lounger's friends, the Freshmen, in gatheringtogether representatives of perhaps future Freshmen,and after allowing them to compete vigorously witheach other by way of preparation, stepping in as abody and showing them how it should be done. Theobjections of the Seniors to such missionary work (ifit may be called such) may be found in the communi-cation referred to, the opinions of those most intimatelyconcerned may be seen in the present issue, while theidea prevalent among the Juniors in regard to the entirematter may be inferred from the fact that they areforming a battalion themselves, that the Freshmen neednot seek foreign fields for suitable subjects in need ofinstructions. The Sophomores, too, are by no meanslacking in ideas of their own as to what should andwhat should not be, and only the most strenuous effortson the part of the Lounger have been able to preventa considerable disturbance. The affair is by no meanssettled as yet, however, and even now the Lounger canhear in the distance the rumbling of the thunder, andeven feel in his imagination the first raindrops of theapproaching outburst.

A WARNING.

Should the professor chance to jest,Laughter convulses all the class;

'Tis well to pay attention lestShould the professor chance to jestYou laugh too late, and all your zest

Be counted down as simple brass.Should the professor chance to jest,

Laughter convulses all the class.- )olc Record.

A QUESTION OF TITLE.

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I can't count all my beauxOn my fingers and toes

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Boston Museumn.--" The Christian" willcontinue to be produced by Viola Allen. In thisplay Miss Allen takes the part of Glory Quayle.This play is one of the greatest ever produced.

Boston Theatre. - The Grand Opera willrun for two weeks. The first week, "Lohengrin,""Tannhauser," "Les Huguenots," "Romeo etJuliette," and "Faust" will be given. MatineesWednesday and Saturday.

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