Word: climax
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Baker's "Marlowe" was a memorable interpretation, from his first entrance into the boisterous tavern, reading a ballad concerning his great success, "Faustus," until the swift climax of his chivalrous death...
...Conried's artists, and the tableaux, by undergraduates, were enthusiastically received. Mr. Conried then recited "Das Verschleirte Bild zu Sais" and "Die Kraniche des Ibykus." His rendering was both artistic and keenly appreciative. The last number, the third act of Mary Stuart, was a disappointing anti-climax. The character of Queen Elizabeth was played in an intensely unsympathetic manner and the entire act showed the folly of taking a few incomplete scenes from a perfect whole...
...have had two very happy days. This is a good climax. As my classmate Hill said in the CRIMSON this morning, I have been a shy and reserved person,' and like a real New Englander, somewhat inexpressive, I fear. In the first twenty years of my service here I was generally conscious of speaking to men who, to say the least, did not agree with me. That was the case not only in the Faculties of the University, but also in the Board of Overseers and in such educational assemblies as I addressed. But for the last fifteen years...
...sometimes effective jokes. "The Adventure of the Young man and the Spasmodic Lady" and "The Curious History of a Selfish Man" are immature and crude: one is exaggerated attempt at farce, the other a sort of tragic sketch handled without skill. "The Three Worlds" ruins by a most clumsy climax a sketch of power...
...delivery the two teams were very evenly matched, although the advantage rested with the University speakers. Wagner spoke with fluency and finish, but too little action; Ewell, for Yale, was especially direct and convincing, but sometimes made a climax in delivery when there was none in thought; Fox was rather unnatural in his style of speaking; Lockwood made up in earnestness what he lacked in variety; Lyman spoke straight to his audience and was effective, though slightly lacking in breath; Grossman, combining ease with vigor and variety, was probably the best speaker of the evening...