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Harvard might be tempted merely to sigh contemplatively, and cock one eye on the tablets in the locker house that once announced records as good as the best. Young blood, young vigor, seriousness in sports . . . all very well, for those who still play with the zest of youth; here at Harvard, a tired savoir faire is said to have taken their place. Harvard might, indeed, merely sigh, or even yawn, if this were true, but, sadly enough for the erudite gentlemen who delight in classifying the University and all its contents with one clever phrase, not all the instinct...
...critical opinion concerning the performance which Conductor Gabrilowitch presented. The chorus, dressed in black, and the soloists, with a proper effort at perfection, voiced the humble and victorious sorrow of the music they were singing. The tricky imitations which alone delighted its first auditors, the vocal echo of a cock's crowing, were of course not emphasized. The score had been shortened from four and a half hours of playing time to two and a half. Critics agreed that the cuts and emendations had been wisely effected...
...fussy and bumptious redcoat, though shrewd, daring and romantic withal. He was making love to dope flend's little sister as the curtain fell after all the villians were on their way to the gallows. "The Scarlet Fox," excepting several ridiculous moments of April-fooling, is a pretty fair cock-and-bull dream. In it you may enjoy some unbelievably veracious acting by Miss Marie Chambers as the chatelaine of a Canadian bagnlo; by Mr. Sam Lee, as a canny Chinaman, and by Mr. Sweeney as Harry Spats, who combines the business of a village haberdasher with that...
...titles of his wrought iron fire screens are "A Cock-Fight," "Man and Horse," "Wolf and Dogs," and "A Picador...
Among his silhouettes, typical subjects are of polo, an Indian, several boxers, a cock-fight, a trumpeter, and several bull fighters. The paintings of the ceramics are of similar subjects...