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such an athletic crisis as we were in. Half of our team were not reporting for practice, and the other half were crippled. It would have been unwise to play and Ottawa should have had pride enough not to wish to play us when we couldn't make even a high school showing.
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"The Burgomaster" at the Metropolitan.
With half the audience whistling the fascinating and catchy strains of "The Tale of the Kangaroo," and the other half not whistling only because they couldn't, nearly two thousand people filed out of the Metropolitan opera house last night declaring that for new light opera "The Burgomaster" took the palm. It was a well pleased audience, as well as a huge audience.
Harry Davenport, as the burgomaster, is a top liner, and Knox Wilson, who plays Doodle Van Kull, has been a long time out of the Amateur class. Miss Lillian Coleman and Miss dith Yerrington, Miss Laura Joyce Bell and Miss Josephene Newman are possessors of good voices. A number of songs
are credited to each. Miss Celeman and Miss Yerrington made a hit in the "Kangaroo" song.
William Riley Hatch, as the Harlem Spier,, managed to create the "atmosphere" of the ring. Tom Rickets, as a Booth Talkington, surpassed in imitations of Henry Irving.
In the last act Burgomaster Stuyvesant and Doodle Van Kull are taken to a vauderville entertainment at Madison Square, and in this section of the play some of the cleverest work is done. The Burgomaster is shown the sights by Willie Von Astorbilt. The burlesque on "Sapho" awaken roars of laughter. The final scene is in the court of honor at the Chicago world's fair. The scenic effect is supurb.
Gustave Luders, who wrote the music for for"The Burgomaster," is conducting the Metropolitan orchestra this week. The presence and leadership of the author and composer is one of the special features of the of the St Paul engagement.-St Paul Dispatch.
Saturday Night Celebration.
The students couldn't contain themselves Saturday night. The news from the Dakota game was too good. A big bonfire was planned. Early in the evening a large crowd of students gathered at the News Stand. Foraging parties were immediately sent out for boxes. Some of the stores had kindly set out material for the boys and at other places all loose material was declared controband and appropriated for the good of the cause. The boxes and a thousand other things that would burn were piled up at the haymarket on Kentucky Street. A crowd of 400 circled around and gave rousing "Rock chalk" yells. Dr. Naismith spoke briefly, the band played and yells were given for every individual in the team. After the fire had burned low, the boys marched down town. four abreast. It was this that the Journal probable referred to as "political ex-