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I/O /^t4rns£ COLLEGE aews Vol. 4. No. 18. WELLESLEY, MASS., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1905. Price, 5 Cents PROF. HAMMOND'S RECITAL. "Handel, having offended his patron, Errors which were made in the first King George I, composed the beautiful book were corrected in this edition, so that, Very seldom have we had a more de- Suite known as the Water Music, and although the earlier edition is of greater lightful treat than the organ recital by caused it to be performed upon a barge value and interest, having been printed Professor Hammond of Mt. Holyoke Col- which followed that of the King during a entirely in America, the second is more lege, which was given Monday evening, river fete. The King's delight brought desirable for the use of philo'ogists. February 13, in the Memorial Chapel. In about Handel's forgiveness and the gift The Eliot Bible is far bulkier than an the first place, the appearance of the pro- of a substantial pension.'' ordinary English Bible, owing to the gram was interesting; Part 1 being organ polysyllabic of IT. Melodie in G major Grieg tendency the Indian lan- music, 2 transcriptions for the and Part guage. Words of eight syllables were III. Caprice in E flat major Rubinstein Part 1 Mer- organ. Of the "Adagio" of not uncommon, and twelve and thirteen IV. Symphonic Poem, "Orpheus" Liszt kel's was perhaps the most beautiful, syllabled words may be found within the Transcribed by A. Gottschalg. while the "Oriental Sketch" by Bird was covers. "Cotton Mather," says Mr. Elsa's Procession to without doubt the most entertaining. V. the Cathedral, Wright, "thought they must have been is surprising to discover that the organ Wagner It stretching then .selves out f:cm the time talk in just fashion. Introduction to Act III, can be made to that of the confusion of tongues at Babel." The Handel "Water Music" was played Transcribed by S. P. Warren f om Upon glancing over the pages it is notice- "Lohengrin. " with more skill and finish than any thing able that the vowe's most frequently used on the program, but the interpretation of are o, u, and doub'c o, while the prepon- Liszt's "Orpheus" was the most appeal- THE ELIOT BIBLE. derance of consonants seems to be of the ing and vivid work of the evening. One letters k, d, t, p, g and w. could not help getting a good idea of the Among the prized and valuable books The transition of the Bible into the 1 beauty of the original orchestral arrange- in the library of Wellcs ey College, is a Mohcgan dialect of the Indian language from Mr. Hammond's clever manage- ment copy of the Eliot Indian Bible, which was was the life work cf John Eliot. He came of stops. It is almost needless to ment presented to the College by the Rev. An- to /merica in 1631 with that piupose in se'ections we'- say that the Wagner were drew A. Bonar, of Glasgow, Scotland. It mind, settling in Roxbury and preaching ccm.3 to a WeMes^y audience, and thor- seems especially appropriate that Welles- there whre he prepared himself for the oughly enjoyed. A particularly pleasant ley should own such a ccpy, since many task. He had been educated at Jesus feature, and very he'pful to the unini- a sermon was preached by Eliot in South College, Cambridge, and had the advantage was little of tiated, the word explanation Natick, only a few rr.i'es f cm the College of knowing Hebrew and the classics. He accompanying two of the numbers on the grounds. The ccpy of the book owned srudied Indian under a native who had prognm. Following is the program in by our library is from the second edition survived the Pequot wars, and by 1646 he full: which appeared in 1685. The title plage knew enough of the language to preach PART I. of the New Testament bears the date of to the Indians in their own tongue. In Organ Music. 16S0, in which year, a second edition of the 1653 the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Com- I. Sonata, No. 4 in B flat, Mendelssohn New Testament alone was printed, the first mand:.. ents, and detached ponions of I. Allegro vivace. edition having been printed in 1661. the Bible were printed. The books of religoso. II. Andante In addition to the date, we are informed Genesis and Matthew followed in 1655, III. Allegretto. that the book was printed in Cambridge, and three ycais In^er the metrical Psalms IV. Allegro rmcstoso. England, for the Right Honorarle Corpo- appealed, and the New Testament in 1661. II. Adagio (in the free style Merkel ration in London for the propagation cf With the assistance cf ore Er.glif.l man and III. Oriental Sketch, No. 3 Bird the Gospel Among the Indians of New an Indian lad, the fust Bib'c was primed TV. Allegretto in G rmjor Sclby England." The Wellcs'cy Bible is com- erica, in the year 1663, live years . in . Allen V. Alia Marcia G minor N. H pete, except for the title page cf the Olol after its completion. PART II. Testament part. Besides the Bible, are the The importance of the work was real- Transcriptions for the Organ. Psalms, translated nietrically, wi,h alter- ized both in Eng'and and America.- Cotton I. Suite, "Water Music" Handel nate lines in rim?; and a page of Rules for Mather wrote of it, ' 'Behold, ye Americans, I. Allegro pcmposo. Christian Living. The volume is duo- the greatest honor lhat ever ye were •par- II. Minuet. decimo in size, printed in double columns takes of. The Bible was printed here at III. Aria. with side references. A svmmary to each our Cambridge, and is the only Bible that IV. Allegro giocoso. chapter is given in English, which is not ever was printed in all America Lorn the Transcribed by AV. T. Best. to be found in the first edition of 1663. very foundation of the world. COLLEGE NEWS College TRews. E. 1R. Cooft a Co. HATS for College Girls P«t«» or N. A Lindscy *. Co . Boston Matters cents a Published weekly. Subscription price, 75 IN MANUFACTURE for Occasions. $1.00 per year to non- THE FINER TOUCHES Suitable All year to resident subscribers ; SUPER- resident subscribers. THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE OF THE All advertising communications should be sent to LATIVE DEGREE OF QUALITY AND STYLE Miss C. W. Rogers. Wellesley Inn. Wellesley ARE UNIVERSALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF ACENT FOR KNOX HAT K\\ business correspondence should be addressed to HELEN R. NORTON. Business Manager College OUR STOCK News. , , All subscriptions should be sent to Elizabeth fll>illincr\> HALL & HANCOCK, Camp. ^___ Dress Absolutely Exclusive Designs in Street and 420 WASHINGTON STREET. Eorroit-rs-CHrEF. Mary Jessie Gidley. 1906 Hats. Exquisite Imported Parisian Novelties. Associate EorroR. Sadie M. Samuel. 1906 3 Doors from Summer Street. Literart Editors. 161 Gremont St. 56e<?ten. flDas:?. Winifred Hawkridge. 1906 Man- Lee Cadwell. 1906 Marie Warren 1907 Alcmnje EDtTOR. Roxana H. Vivian. 1894 Managing Editors. is in composing the questions the:r- Helen R. Norton. 1905 Elizabeth Camp. 1905 there J. Gertrude Francis. 1906 Their kind is legion as we know, although we refuse to recognize them. Our Microscopes, Microtomes, Laboratory Glass- ware, Chemical Apparatus, Chemicals, Photo "Entered as second class matter, November 12. There is the paper which treats '.he sub- Lenses and Shutters, Field Glasses, Projection 1903. at the post office at Wellesley. Mass., under ject lightly, sk-mming over the term's Apparatus, Photo-Micro Cameras are used by the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. work as though it had hardly been worth the leading Lab- ^^^^__ oratories and Goter'nt Dep'ts Bound the World the while: there is the set of questions 5 | which appeals to the lover of minutiae One wcrd n.ore about examinations? only, dealing with the insignificant and not' They are all over. now. and Why with small details. There is. oppos have become a p'easant memory, no doubt. this, that other class of examination paper frightened away It is quite a which does not keep within the work of Don't be Free course, but demands outside knowledge. harmless word, at best. the The "bluffer" enjoys the sort of thing. afternoon about twenty of us, of One and the grind is at a total loss. All these Bauscli & Lomb Opt Co. all ages and conditions, came home togeth- may justly be called hard, for they do Rochester. N. y. New York Chicago Boston Frankfurt. fairly C'yJ er from our examinations. Of course we not treat the student of the course or really test the '.e.m's work. Over were comparing notes. And it was dis- against these are the papers we call hard strangely enough, that every one covered, Linjustly, it would seem—the set of ques- of those six examination papers had been tions which cover well the work of the '•fearfully hard," and that at least fifteen course, demanding a comprehensive un- cling and a gathering together of of the twenty girls were "sure they had smaller details into ripened conclusion. Engage Tables now for exaggeration was laugh- flunked." The This paper may be long, but its very length Dinner at the Inn, Feb- able, of course, and we all would have is often an element of its fairness—it gives one a chance to 'tell what we know." realized it if we had stopped to think. ruary 22 which is ar ion 1 But we didn't stop to think.