Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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l Tlllfl VALIC SIIINGLIC. 8 01 people resemble others in many particulars. Another says that, landladies excepted, they compare favorably withordinary Americans. A third, evidently indi- genous, declares they are as good as any people I have ever met. All of us go to the theatre. One man goes every free blow, and another never goes org Sun- day. The Hyperion is by far the most popular, although Poli's and the Grand often receive a generous sprinkling from our classr One man goes to all shows at all theatres, while the attendance of many depends on the price. We have little or no objection to the theatre--one man says time, another money, while a third objects to the moral degradation of the stage. Joe Jefferson is our favorite actor, closely followed by Donovan, whose comedies in the back of the reci- tation room draw immense c1'owds. Mansheld, with half of Donovan's vote, comes third, while Booth is! fourth. Sothern, Salvini, Marvin and Peter Jackson are also voted for. Lillian Russell, .lulia Marlowe, Sarah Bernhardt and Ada Rehan are tied for first place as favorite actress. Marie Tempest is second, followed by Ellen Terry, Mrs. Kendall, Modjeska, Fanny Davenport, etc. Our favorite play is Hamlet, The Rivals being second. The Merchant of Venice, Beau Brummelf' Kent Club Melodrama, Macbeth, Americans Abroad etc., receive votes. Around the End, and the Flying Wedge are the favorite plays of two men.

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90 Tllli YAl.l'1 SIIINGLIC. Our opinions of New Haven girls are most con- tradictory. Graves, whose extensive researches entitle him to the weightiest opinion, pronounces them to be very nice. Among the favorable opinions the following may be given: Too charming for any- thing, Little jewels, Pretty, bright and lovely, Rich,but not gaudy, O, K., Out of sight, etc. Bonsall bursts out in the following: She has learned the rhyme of old, old time-, The doctrine so strange and true, 'l'hat everything goes, where nobody knows, So she paddles her own canoe. Others Qof whom some have the reputation of being misogynistsl give their opinions thus: Would do to flag a freight train, N. G., Bees in their bonnets, and so on with increasing emphasis. One man says that They are mediaeval fragments which would interestian antiquary, but have no charm for ine. Our knowledge of New llaven people has been chiefly confined to landladies and tradesmen, and hence our opinions apply, as a rule only to those two classes. They are said to be born for the purpose of lleeeing students, with the maxiins, Do others or they will do you, and Take in the strangers. One man says the women are undersized, andthe men disagreeable and discontentedf' Too slow to be pall-bearers, ' a band of robbers, leg-pullers every time, unfriendly, a cosmopolitan lot, musty, etc., are the criticisms .passed upon our hosts. One man thinks that- considered generally, New Haven

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92 Tllli YALIC SIIINGIJ-I. Faust and Robin Hood are the two favorite operas, followed by Erminie, Wang, 1492, Chimes of Normandy, Fra Diavo1o,' 'H Bohemian Girl, etc. A few men in the class do not dance. Several dance only a little, one does when compelled to, and another with both feet. One man objects to dan- cing, because he can't dance himself, another does not like the system used on the Midway Plaisance. Two men think it stupid and a bore, while another objects to it only as it affects him. The waltz is our favorite dance, closely followed by the two-step. The dazzsc da veuiafc is also voted for by several, while the skirt dance, serpentine, can- can, kangaroo, polka and lancers are also mentioned. Thirteen men claim that they can sing, and two more say they try to. One finds it politic to obtain permission before hand, and another sings only when strongly urged. The Glee Club managers do not appreciate our talent, for we have never had a representative in that organization. The greatest number sing base, three baritone, two tenor and one falsetto. Boldwood sings a peevish tenor, Hamlin a husky one, while Bonsall sings soprano. Whyte can almost reach the high notes of Velluti. Daisy Bell is our favorite song, with After the Ball and Annie Rooney next. Others voted for arc Schulmert's Serenade, The Bowery, Com- rades, I Wandered Through my Sister's Appetite, f'Old Madrid, etc. Moore's Melodies are very pop- ular, and Lord George has acquired some reputation in song. Bonsall prefers ':Daisy Bell falling pz'a1zz's- simo into the Bowery.