Word: charm
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although that heterogeneous pile, known as Gore Hall, has been maligned severely by almost every student who has had the opportunity to suffer within its "Graeco-Baptist" walls, there are apparently several men who derive special benefits from this abode of learning. Either the Union has lost its charm as a social rendezvous or ten dollars has assumed a great marginal utility, for almost daily there congregate in Gore Hall little groups to hold conversation on all manner of things, from Kant's conception of the Ego to the most effective way to please Instructor X. Although conversation on these...
...Adams contributes also "A Bird's Song in the Meadow," a lyric with a music of its own and sometimes of positive charm. The other poetical offerings do not rise appreciably above the level of Monthly verse. In both prose and verse there is on the whole a reassuring absence of pose, and a true play of that "amateur spirit" which is one of the best symptoms in any periodical. M.A. DE WOLFE HOWE...
...Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1. March, "Merry Soldiers," Sabathil 2. Overture, "The Bronze Horse," Auber 3. Waltz, "Rain of Gold," Waldteufel 4. Selection, "Mikado," Sullivan 5. Selection, "Pagliacci," Leoncavallo 6. Two Entr' Actes from "Carmen," Bizet 7. Hungarian Rhapsody, in F, Liszt 8. Fire Charm, from "Die Walkure," Wagner 9. Overture, "Orpheus," Offenbach 10. a. The Rosary, Nevin b. The Enchanted Hour, Mouton 11. Selection, "The Siren," Fall 12. March, "Boccaccio," Suppe
...space of one year. When they apply it to worlds, it is too much. The two stanzas by the new president of the Monthly seem to be worth all the rest of the verse in the number. They are admirable if not flawless in technique, and possess the charm of delicate feeling in melodious lines...
...songs by past members of the club formed an agreeable element in the program. Of these, first mention should be given Mr. Foster's "On Beaches and Dunes" for its harmonic individuality and charm of original sentiment. Mr. Sweet's "Warum sind die Rosen so blass" was a close, second as regards sentiment and workmanship. As a whole, the club is heartily to be congratulated upon the signal success of its concert...