Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second paper on "Class Crews Past and Present" is as bright and interesting as the first. These twin articles have been a great addition to the Advocate's column and we regret to hear the author's announcement that he has "crossed the line...
...lines are graceful and the metre is smooth, but the idea is obscure and hard to grasp. "Arcady" is a charming sketch of a bit of New England country life as seen from the car window. It brings clearly to our mind the typical New England farm. "Nemesis," a bright little poem of love, cards and capricious fortune, follows...
There are three short pieces in verse in this number. The first two are translations from the German which are only moderately successful; in one of them there is a noticeable lack of rhythm. The verses entitled "A Leap-Year Warning" are as seasonable as they are bright...
...allegro is worked out on a short motive, reminding one of the first movement of the fifth Beethoven Symphony, and ends with a fine stratto. The adagio was in slow march time, a beautiful theme with elaborate ornamentations and canonic imitation between the strings. The Scherzo was a bright, quick movement. The finale was a very joyful composition. The whole was given with much life, but not with the delicacy of the other numbers...
...March number of the Magazine of American History is as bright and interesting as the previous issues. We again remind students who have elected courses in American history of the value of this magazine and advise all to read the admirable articles which bear upon the historical works at Harvard...