Word: chimes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Undergraduates who study, play bridge, and, theoretically, sleep in the Bow Street dormitories will feel a throb of sympathy at the news that the population of Park Avenue in New York is rising in revolt against a chime of bells recently installed in un uptown church. Just when the nurse gets the baby to sleep, five o'clock strikes with much metallic prelude; and by the time the miracle is once more accomplished, the chime strikes the quarter with such gusto that the child's temper is permanently ruined. There is a great deal of romance about bells...
...been kept so busy at his celesta; novelty upon novelty appeared, not loud and startling, but only to the careful listener. Plainly Mr. Holst is not interested in strange noises per se but only as they contribute to the effect of the whole. So he used muted harp and chime in unison, in "Saturn--Bringer of Old Age" with marked success. A much talked of organ glissando proved hardly noticeable, and almost a complete dud. The orchestra has rarely received such an ovation as it did after this piece; even from the floor came loud clapping. MacDowell's Indian Suite...
...more easily regulate our lives. In order that we may derive the full benefit from its establishment, we suggest that when the tower is in operation strenuous efforts shall be made to have it mark the important points in the undergraduate day. Beside the usual quarter hour chime, which will remind even the most abstracted instructor of the fitting moments, and an appropriate peal to mark the end of each lecture, we recommend that the proper authorities see to it that the bell be rung without fail every weekday at seven o'clock in the morning to enable the conscientious...