Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sometimes becomes apprehensive lest the sense of humor may be dying out at Harvard," says Mr. Hale rather extravagantly, "and it is with something like a feeling of relief that one reads of such a bit of mischief as that recent one (conducted, it seems, in a perfectly orderly manner), whereby some sixty students made public confession of their conversion, for a simple evening, to Mr. Oscar Wilde's gospel of dress...
...relations we hold in society through the exercise of our conversational faculties - our intercourse with people, the treatment of another's opinions and feelings, the turns and subjects of conversation, "drawing a person out," questioning and criticising, - all these important interests are discussed in a serious and effective manner. Parts III. and IV. of the little manual embrace an extended review of the more common and objectionable errors of speech and pronunciation heard in American society. Examples are given and corrections made of many faults of language and grammar, including the frequent confusion in the use of verbs and their...
...York critics do not think as much of Strauss' latest operetta, "The Merry War," as those of Europe. "Strauss," says one writer, "as he shows himself to us in 'Die Lustige Krieg,' is no longer the Strauss of 'Die Fledermaus.' Everything is well written, in a scholarly and artistic manner, the orchestra is discreetly and always elegantly handled; but there is also a nearly total absence of that spontaneity, that musical humor and sparkling freshness, which made 'Die Fledermaus' so delightful. The score contains various pretty numbers, but they are all more or less the product of labor rather than...
...sorry to be compelled to again call attention to a fact which strengthens us in our conviction that the affairs of Memorial have been conducted in a most negligent manner. On all sides are heard the just complaints of men who at some time during this term have signed their names petitioning for an allowance for absence, in some cases temporary, in others permanent. These men are surprised, to say the least, to find that on their term-bills there is no credit for any rebate. Had this happened in only a few cases, we should have been inclined...
...this round Smith succeeded in getting in some pretty and telling hits, but the bout was awarded to Spalding by the judges. The second bout brought forward Joseph Dorr, Jr., '83, and E. K. Butler, Jr., 83. Both parties in the first round sparred in a very lively manner, exciting much applause. Popular feeling seemed in favor of Butler, on account of his slighter build. Dorr sparred continuously and made every blow tell. Butler was very quick and made several very skilful cross-counters. At the end of the second round both men appeared fresh and no blood had been...