Word: dictional
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...from that ordinarily given by a university glee club. Each club is to offer three selections: one serious selection, reasonably classic in style; one light or humorous selection; and one college selection. The judgment of the competition is to be based on general musical qualities such as technique, tone, diction, etc., and although special selections and solos may be arranged to lend greater variety they will be little considered in the final award, as organization is desired rather than individual talent. Some sort of trophy will be awarded the winners. Provisional dates have already been announced during...
...clever sketch by Mr. P. W. Thayer. The subject is not new; a rich philanthropist summons a Common loafer to dine because he wishes to life "one of these poor men . . . . from the street to a position of trust." There is, however, a striking novelty of diction which blinds us to the triteness of the material; and the author's style fairly bristles with delightful neologiams--such as "largesse...
...fiction of this number is interesting, Mr. M. Britten's "Poetastors", although clever, is not perfectly successful: it is a tale of the mismating of two half-baked literary souls, and the diction is rich with expressions like "she glimpsed his profile." Mr. Seldes' "The Other Crucified" is a too daring conception skillfully carried out except at the climax, where naturally it must be inadequate. "The Necklace of Death," by Mr. Skinner, is a good Indian yarn by one who knows the Indians; yet his properties get him into trouble in the middle of the narrative. The verse shows...
...hands of very experienced players. Doubtless, in the succeeding performances, the clearness of enunciation which marked the latter parts of Friday's play, will persist from start to finish. The players should remember that the audience at the start knows neither the archaic speech nor the diction of the actors, and needs to hear every syllable. The action may be rushed, but, above all at the opening, not the speech...
...pleased and the fancy charmed with all this, the ear heard many words and perhaps missed more. Those that it heard most readily were the speeches of Miss Adams as Chantecler and of Miss Victor as the Golden Pheasant, both speaking in a curiously labored and mannered diction. Others of the birds and animals were occasionally comprehensible; and the Blackbird, through the mouth of Mr. Leuers and the Dog through that of Mr. Trader, actually gave character and tang to their speeches. Sometimes there was wit but very seldom poetry in what they said. Rostand and his changing speeches...