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...stupendous undertaking. The average person can little realize the difficulties which are ever presenting themselves. The point which has constantly to be kept in mind is to give as exact a reproduction of the play as possible, at the same time to make it accord with the culture of to-day. In the music, particularly, it is very hard to reconcile the many difficulties. A strict following of the old forms would hardly pass with a modern audience; it would sound ridiculous at the least, while it would be certainly pointless to introduce music as it is now. These obstacles...
...week they suspended the member of the association who kept his hat on for the purpose of creating a disturbance. Whatever the directors may do they cannot stop the hissing and stamping when a man keeps his hat on, and unless the members correct the evil of their own accord there is no remedy except the closing of the gallery to visitors. This action will certainly be taken unless disturbances in the future are stopped...
...find this "nest", this home in the universe? Through the faculties given us we must realize that, created by Nature, we are in accord with Nature. We must obey the laws of the world, laws by which we are built up to higher conditions; for in obedience to them the soul of man can gather all the outside influences which surround it into a soul which shall be beautiful with a beauty like that of the flower, a beauty direct from...
...hardly a credit to the university, and we have complained of it a long time and hoped for an improvement. The suggestion of Professor Norton has an incentive that should give a new and active interest to this object. Such a memorial to Phillips Brooks would be greatly in accord with the character and spirit of the man; a memorial of a lasting character, that will be of practical benefit to coming generations who will never have seen or heard Phillips Brooks, but who will recognize the greatness of his character and his philanthropic nature. - such a memorial would...
...stronger binding of past graduates to the college is an important one. Again it will help to keep more in sympathy graduates and under-graduates. It is nearly impossible for graduates of many years standing, especially when they reside in distant states or countries, to keep in accord with undergraduate opinion and action. We are often misunderstood by those outside the college, and not seldom by those who were once in our position. Therefore it seems to us that the magazine will help to remedy this difficulty which is not, after all, so inconsiderable. Moreover the form of the magazine...