Word: minor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Overture, "Coriolanus." Beethoven; concuto for violoncello, Davidoff; two movements from suite no. 1. Maszhowski; Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Tschaikowsky. Soloist, Mr. Alwin Schroeder...
...minor one is that they do not insist as strongly as we do that the back shall be kept perfectly straight. If a man can row better so, they do not object to a slight curve of the shoulders. In the management of the slide, too, there are some differences. The Americans start their slides very fast, then slow them up about half way, and gradually come to a full stop. The Englishmen get their hands away very quickly, but slide forward slowly...
...American Girls College in Marsovan. Asia Minor, was burned recently by the Turkish authorities...
Jealousy at the success of his Homer drew out much adverse comment from minor writers, and to crush them. Pope wrote his Dunciad. His epistles, moral essays and satires occupied his last fourteen years. His Essay on Man, although never regarded as of any philosophical value, shows well in its grace and smoothness of diction, the powers of the poet. His last years were given to didactic satires, in which he is without a rival...
...college in athletics and in favor of the university in athletics, which is what Harvard will doubtless stand for herself. Harvard's desire to eliminate professionalism from athletics was well defined three years ago when the well known proposition made then unfortunately fell through on account of disagreements on minor points. The desire is still as strong, but the method for reform has assumed a broader character. The athletic committee is at present considering the best means of accomplishing the reform and steps are being taken to learn the sentiment of the athletic men on the subject. It is impossible...