Word: attempting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...attack is made upon the founder of the Club, whose earnest efforts met only with careless indifference from the members. In a weak attempt to imitate the bad English of Artemas Ward, the writer declares that "owing to the indifference of the instructor in elocution, the interest in the club was allowed to die out owing to the rarity of the meetings," - thus kindly offering to the reader a choice between the two alleged causes of death. Mention is made of the "good work and conscientious endeavor" of the club in the past, and "its old position of usefulness...
Your correspondent speaks of "those of the old members who still feel an interest in the study of dramatic expression and desire a higher course of training than that afforded by the elementary courses in elocution." This attempt to detract from the value and extent of the work now being accomplished by the present instructor in elocution puts one in mind of the eager and superficial athlete who wishes to run in the New York athletic games, but considers the daily routine work of the team unworthy of his remarkable powers. When your talented correspondent is older and wiser...
...Shakespeare Club was a misguided though originally sincere endeavor - to combine the work done in English II under our master of English literature, Professor Child, with a weak attempt at "acting" - not "dramatic expression" - by youths who knew nothing of the principles of the art which they thought they were studying. In other words, the work of which the Shakespeare Club made a signal failure, will continue to be done conscientiously and thoroughly in English II, and in elocution under the direction of the instructor. Any attempt to revive so useless a society - one which brought such disgrace upon...
...English Department pleads poverty, thus tacitly admitting the charges against it; the college at large says - "lack of an energetic head." I do not attempt myself to formulate the cause; I merely state things as I find them. If F. W. K. is satisfied that he can get all desires out of the English courses of Harvard College, I wish him success and happiness; but who else agrees with...
...second edition of the songs of Harvard is the same as the first, with the exception of the omission of the song "Every Day '11 be Sunday." The printing of the song was under a misapprehension as to its ownership. Although an attempt was made to retain the song by a settlement, the attempt failed through the cupidity of the owners. The action of the firm concerned is certainly questionable, and has been widely censured...