Word: blemishes
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...banquet, it would seem to be a natural culmination to the series of smokers, and its advantages as a "get together" are obvious. Perhaps it is unkind to recall now the one blemish on the 1926 record its Freshman Jubilee. If the banquet is taken in a similar spirit, it will not be a precedent that other classes will care to follow. On the other hand, if put to its best uses, it may provide the very link that is needed between the Freshman Dormitories and the Yard...
...interpretation of the chorus is free from blemish--a great achievement for a group of amateurs, and still a greater for their trainer. It is again surely no reproach to point out that these students have not the wide range of light and shade, with subtly adapted tone-qualities and suggestions of emotional depth that have come to expect from the best choral societies and professional choruses. Such flexibility and sympathy bespeak a mature view of life in general and familiarity with a large musical repertory in particular, which even fairly earnest students cannot usually attain in their late teens...
...verse deals with Arcadie and May, and is much like other spring poems on the same theme. If the entire number equalled in quality the three essays, the leader, and the translation from Dante, it would be memorable in the Monthly's history; as it is, the only serious blemish is the weakness of the fiction...
...emotional scenes of the third act, where the slightest over acting would have been fatal, he was free from any ranting, and never lost sight of the artistic limitations of the part. By his excellent acting he relieved the artificiality of the swoon scene, which is perhaps the greatest blemish in the play...
...Coddleman's Other Failing" is an amusing story which is briskly told. Unfortunately for the reader, however, he knows approximately how the story is to turn out as Mr. Coddleman meets the strange lady. Thus his interest is slightly diminished; but perhaps this blemish was unavoidable...