Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...undefinable. The art of the sculptor is in marble; the musician, in sounds; the painter, in the brush; but the art of the comedian is in nature, and as such, has no limitation. Many great writers, including Victor Hugo and Lamartine, speak in praise of this art. The great aim and ambition of the art of the comedian, is to create. The person of the artist's creation laughs, weeps, hopes and sighs with us, because he lives with us, as a friend and compatriot. It is not the author alone who creates. The actor, by interpretation, creates also...
...creations of all arts, once created, remain a part of memory. An artist should aim to please the eye and to transport his audience by the presentation of the character. If he succeeds in this, he is indeed an artist. Comedy, as such, is essentially an art of civilized man, and develops in proportion to the development of man. The true actor must know the intention of the author, and the type of character he wishes to represent. He has seen life, imbibed its feelings; his character opens as he studies; he dons his costume and gradually merges into...
...still more exactly outlined and a calendar published. Much of the work done by the committee, especially through the agency of Mr. Birtwell, is of such a nature that it can be known only by those who have been immediately helped by it. But it will be the aim of the committee hereafter to stand before the University as a more definite and compact body, with precise aims and duties to which it will try to do full justice. For the Committee, E. C. STERN, Chairman...
...hoped that after organization, when the aim and scope of the new association are fully understood, it may attract the best of the other amateur clubs of the country." (Signed), E. C. STORROW, H. P. WARDWELL, W. P. HENDERSON, Union Boat Club of Boston...
...Harvard Summer School of Theology for 1901 will open on July 2 and last until July 19. The general aim of the school this year, as in its past sessions, will be to furnish for clergymen and divinity students opportunities "for the study of subjects of intrinsic and current theological interest," and to give them the inspiration which comes from contact with the best results of modern scholarship...