, 1881-05-18
It's Presentation to a Booton Aus
dience by Cambridge Col
. lege Students.
A Large Number of Eminent
Gentlemen Present on
the Occasion.
Complete md Emphatic Success Of Tho
Performance OF tito Anna.
tcurs.
Extracts Showing tha Character Of tho
Play and the Quality Of the
Poetry.

has ilGld many fin0 audiences On tile annual
COEtnIciicenlents alld class days at unryArd,
but never any a. brllliant Us that which u.s.
senlbled this evening al tho presentation. Of
tho Gdtpus Tyrau'lus." Though tic night
WIS stormy, carriages began to roll toward
McinorIal-1lail nj IN carly ll0ur. Indeed, rs
solno ono remarked. Cambridge Ind seldom
scu.l such n procession Of carriages. The
sight within tho theatre WIS 0llo not soon 10
he forgotten. Tlla ilue1y Illuminated build
Ing, tho artistic beauty Of the stago MP
pointlnents. the Drfght-colored dresses
OF tho ladies intcrmtnglul With tho dirk
costumes OF the gentlemen, formed All III.
elEaceablo picture. Tho toilets worn by tho
one being III full dress, near tire front sat
Prof. k0 KUN 1lua and Ills wife In their
elaborate and curious Chinese costume.
Prof. Ko is
IIANvARD's INSTRUCTOR IN CHINESE.
Not far away were President Eliot aId his
beautiful Wits. It was touching 10 sco tile
poot Longfellow and isaiph Waldo Emerson,
With their venerable snuw-crow,icd heads,
seated stdo by side. Dr. Olixor Wendull
Holmes and Francis parkmnn, tho
Historian, wcro interested spectators.
Mrs. McCagg, 30 prominent iii
Chicago soclal circles, was uiso present. lIer
son, Mr. Louis u. McCagg, is tho lender anil
spokesman Of tho chorus. There wero Mrs.
Ju1ia Ward Howe and ller sister, Mrs. Terry,
of Rome; Mrs. Caspar Wistnr. OF philadGi-
pl,ia; Mrs. Jared Sparks, and the talented
Swcdc. Selma Borg. Among many others
from Now York wore George William Curtis
ai,tl j. A. llarppr, Ut tho well-kMown firm.
Or course NIL 1laryard's Professors, with
inelr 1ahi!'es' "ero thefe.-frofs' Bowen,
Morton. taiinef. tane, anu many more. Dr.
!1easc, ~. feaooay' Inc venerable Aenry
Jalaes' Dr., "ere not lar apart.
..--.-.., TIE MUSIC ....
Was EIcatY hpplauood, especially the Secolu
chorus. Prof. pai'to conducted tho Urches-
trn In Ills uneQualcd manner. Tho effect ct
the Wlofo performance WIS grai,d music,
netting, costuminR. In some u|nccs Mr..
Riddles netting. nerhnns nnnronchr,1 tno
,,nnr tho a,1 ,ta,lra,u,tio to % sn,t ,lo I,raap
1,l..o rnt In noxsnwo. n. Tho i.,,. srona,, T.,
,s.,,,s,. ~ ",nr.sI ...'.,' t e spssoA -!
"e's 10 Iut'' ""e4'o W ua"H upol'
.'''' Ao'nn.E c"n'n W iai'cf Lna1 H's "etl!ig'
~ o!Ie 4a"s 1ui1lafasu, ule WHOM eAcct Tor
tae .ltno ol' tue specta1nS WIS llllfisail q
GteeK. hearing anu seeing feal TRUCKS.
No actor Wns In the least
Nbushed by tho nature OF tho
audience, All entered Into tie spirit OF tho
tltpn, aud vert themselves. m wu may sav.
{,reeks This was n,,nrnciatei hv the torrn
ou,i n-,+to,I ,,,fIa,nn a.. e,,.st,,.aa .t..,..t
HALL" ya,t =, T." 'x;.,.., an,,,a.i, IT, ,t<t
t,, nsoaI.a ~. ~ "e 80 saea. cea,'n1 ~ " ala
fcssors from ~ ' - ' s ~
TIE MOST fHoA1SExr 1S,;sr,,s COLLEGES IN TIE
There were Presidents Porter of Yale, GIL.
mn,, nf .1ohne IInnLIua nn,duaou ~ t,rown
U,.,.a, ~ ~ 1880, op'1'oa =, n1,, ulu"ns
Clase OF llaVaf1ofu college, ex-l'Eeslucht
lllll OF lluryard, Pfots. Packard nlld Whit
ney ot lale, Tyler and MatEer Of Amherst,
ews q >. Ias aRes; slifs GSse e e@'s o} nsowu
kIns. To prof. J. Il. Whtto and Prof, ". v.
uooaman: ~, VINO, as ptn!aotofa una manaaefs,
apca, to Dtoasnt npoas s
bayo nccu rratifvina M to ta ape uoi eter
h ~ ,tnss to mno ua,uv a 'no wng IRON
has lately arisen at iIaryard Is largely owing to
tho efforts Of hor son.
THE PROGRAMS
for tho play wcro unique. Tho names Of tho
players wcrp giyop both in English and Crock.
On tho outside Of tho cover was q short addruss
Of wetoomo to tho audience, and inside wero d.
rectIous "a 10 leaving TIM theatrp. ntc.. nrtntc,
-, ,,r,h a.,n.os :, ~ ~" 1850 s',s,ts -. ~
orltteal ho might regret that tho music was
little too modern In tonc. ana TINT tho distance
from Tho stage TO tho audience was not great
om,94gh II, ,h 20 K!vo 1n eaSGt Ia9 nn9 aetlnk o6
a tn9 stuaahts ls compnoente1. aa taey wero
q for thcir hlsh ,sscho!arsh!p: Many
m99o sstc y WI TssrStSa ~ sh owng
ot the pntod states aud otheEs Known
t. G3a bo n91 ~ nas9; ou oil 'a a ca