Word: calm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interest in the writer's philosophy. A critical essay by Mr. Fullerton, on Principal Shairp, is a uniform, well digested, though somewhat rambling, review of his life and thoughts. While the writer, perhaps, ranks the author of "Kilmahoe" too high among his contemporaries, the paper on the whole is calm and gives evidence of interest...
...characters of the play were supported with great formality. It will be remembered that at the representation of "Oedipus" in Sanders' Theatre, the actors made all the use they could of earnest and vigorous action and elocution. The Cambridge students, however, delivered their speeches in a calm dignified manner, apparently with the desire to imitate yet more closely the dramatic style in Greek tragedy. The chief parts were played by young men of marked athletic beauty, and the costumes, although not as accurate and well draped as those in our "Oedipus," were good. The part of Pallas Athene, was played...
...following was the programme presented at the third concert: Mendelssohn, Overture, (Calm Sea and Happy Voyage). Bruch, Violin Concerto, G Minor. Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 1. Cowen, Symphony, C Minor, Scandinavian. Of these numbers, the symphony was, of course, the piece de resistance. Although it has had several presentations in Boston, it is not so familiar that a few words of analysis will be out of place. The title "Scandinavian" promises something outside the usual order of things, and the promise is amply fulfilled. The most enjoyable movement is the second, "A summer evening on the fiord...
...programme for to-night's symphony concert. (Calm Sea and Happy Voyage) Mendelssohn, Hungarian Rhapsody, Liszt, Scandinavian Symphony, Cowen. Mr. Loeffler will play Bruch's violin concerto in G minor...
...death of John Langdon Sibley, Librarian Emeritus of the University, has been made known to the college. Mr. Sibley had been ill for a long time, and his death is no great surprise to his family and friends. In spite of the distressing nature of his illness, he was calm and patient to the last...