Word: minor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possible that our slang words express, it is true not in pure Saxon, a class of ideas not to be expressed in ordinary language. In other words we have slowly acquired a dialect, comparable to that of Romany, which is peculiar to Harvard and naturally adapted to express minor Harvard ideas. To attempt to eradicate this system of language would be to attempt to curtail our expression of thought, for many of the terms have acquired a significance which it would be vain to seek in any words distinctively more elegant. The use of these cant terms clings...
...Furber then introduced the marking system as the topic for discussion, and presented a scheme designed to provoke discussion of the various points. Various opinions were expressed, and an interesting overhauling of minor points maintained. The following resolutions introduced by Mr. Merriam were passed...
...following was the programme presented at the third concert: Mendelssohn, Overture, (Calm Sea and Happy Voyage). Bruch, Violin Concerto, G Minor. Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 1. Cowen, Symphony, C Minor, Scandinavian. Of these numbers, the symphony was, of course, the piece de resistance. Although it has had several presentations in Boston, it is not so familiar that a few words of analysis will be out of place. The title "Scandinavian" promises something outside the usual order of things, and the promise is amply fulfilled. The most enjoyable movement is the second, "A summer evening on the fiord...
...programme for to-night's symphony concert. (Calm Sea and Happy Voyage) Mendelssohn, Hungarian Rhapsody, Liszt, Scandinavian Symphony, Cowen. Mr. Loeffler will play Bruch's violin concerto in G minor...
This University is the largest and most important institution of its kind in the Balkan Peninsula, or in Asia Minor. Though quite recently established, it has already done a great work for the peoples of the East, and every year its influence spreads...