Word: leader
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...attack their pieces with quite enough firmness, and that in one glee they did not all begin together. However, these minor faults should not be taken to account, when we consider the excellence of the rest of their work. Mr. Heard is evidently well qualified for his position as leader...
...article on the marking system the Spectator advocates the abolition of daily marks and the substitution of thorough examinations at stated intervals. This, it says, is the "German plan," and "if Harvard, the leader of advance in this country, adopts the German plan, our descendants shall go to Harvard." A short experience in the charms of monthly examinations would probably change this writer's mind. The Spectator is eminently interesting, and noticeable for its great good sense...
...programme was well selected, and the pieces, without exception, were well rendered. Mr. Heard's careful training has had already a marked effect, and it certainly seems a little hard that the efforts of both leader and Club should, at their first concert, meet with such slight recognition...
...HEARD, '79, has been elected leader of the Glee Club, and promises to be a great success. The Club expects to give two concerts in November, one in Haverhill, and the other in Abington...
...Tuesday evening. The selections were, as a rule, played with rare fidelity and - spirit, and when we compare the poor success of last year with the triumph of this, we feel that too much praise cannot be given to the patience, skill, and good taste of Mr. Deane, the leader. The absence of the Glee Club was severely felt, though the orchestral parts of the programme were agreeably supplemented by the duet and solos of Messrs. Babcock and Morse...