Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...severe test to which the accommodations of the gymnasium have been subjected by the large number of men taking regular daily exercise in the building, has served to show that the bathing facilities are not adequate to meet the demand. From a rather intimate acquaintance with the slowness with which the authorities make any changes in existing arrangements we are led to believe that for some time to come we must endure this state of things. To make it more endurable, however, both attendants and students must exercise the most scrupulous care to keep everything in the most cleanly condition...
...declamation, nor upon a study of the tradition of characters; nothing can be worse than a traditional way of interpretation. It is not the attitude nor the tone which is to be studied. You must impersonate; you must not recite. It has been the custom in England to demand a false inflection in tragedy, while naturalism is demanded in comedy. It is not the measured recitation of a long speech, but a short sentence which is often the more effective. Garrick's, 'Prithee, undo this button,' was remembered long after his more stately passages were forgotten. The actor who relaxes...
...demand for tickets for the lecture this evening has made it necessary to use the music balcony...
Saint Saens ingenious Danse Macabre, though not finely played, so took the audience as to call forth a demand for its repetition, which Mr. Gericke unwisely yielded to. If the rule against repeats is to be broken, it would seem as if a piece of more real musical merit might furnish the occasion. The Melusine overture was taken at altogether too rapid a pace, and even then the violins showed a tendency to break away from the conductor's time: it was otherwise well done, the delicate runs in particular being evenly, and carefully brought out. The symphony...
There is an unusual interest among the students concerning the lecture of Henry Irving, and the demand for tickets has been unusually large...