Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...clubs came off last evening, and was without doubt one of the best that has been heard here of late years. The clubs have never appeared to better advantage. The Glee Club sang with excellent phrasing and expression that reflected great credit on Mr. Arthur W. Thayer and the leader, and the Pierian Sodality has never played with such precision and clearness, while the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs did remarkably well...
...Banjo Club played excellently. The charming waltz by R. W. Atkinson was delicately rendered, and the club well earned the two encores that followed. The Mandolin Club showed the good results of training under an efficient and careful leader. The selections, unfortunately only two, were encored and followed by a piece of charming melody, which showed how much expression can be put in the mandolin...
...rules of the Fifty First Congress proved an efficient remedy for these evils - (a) They save valuable time. - (b) They make possible the transaction of public business in order of its importance. - (c) They solve the quorum question constitutionally: "A Democratic Leader" in N. Am. Rev., vol. 151, p. 237. - (d) They protect adequately both majority and minority. - (e) They do not confer on the speaker dangerous power. - (b) They are supported by precedent and common sense: T. B. Reed in N. Amer. Rev., March, May, and August, 1890. Joseph Chamberlain in Nineteenth Cent...
...Irish cause. - (a) He united the Irish people on a definite object; Public Opinion, Oct. 17, 1891. - (b) He disciplined the Irish Parliamentary party to act as a unit; Nation, vol. 41, p. 254. - (c) He contributed to the cause his own unrivalled skill as a parliamentarian and a leader of men: Spectator, Oct. 10, '91; Nation, Oct. 15, '91; Public Opinion, Oct. 24, '91; N. A. Review, vol. 144, p. 622; McCarthy in Contemporary Review, Nov. '91. - (d) He substituted constitutional methods fer violence; N. A. Review, vol. 144, p. 624. - (e) He contributed valuable criticisms and suggestions...
...social musical club called the Mandolinata has been formed by some of the students. The officers are president, Roll-man; leader, Stern; Secretary, Kemball...