Word: minority
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...program is as follows: 1. Adoramus Te Palestrina Cherubic Hymn Tschesnokov Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav'nly Light Bach The Harvard Glee Club 2. Fantasia, F minor Chopin Prelude (Posthumous) Chopin Mazurka Chopin Etude Chopin Mlle Novaes 3. Adieu, Sweet Amarillis Wilbye Vieille Priere Bouddhique Boulanger Now is the Time of Christymas Bax (Flute-obligato by Georges Laurent) Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda Holst Hymn to Manas--Hymn to Soma --To Agni The Harvard Glee Club 4. El Albaicin Albeniz Mephisto Valse Liszt Mlle, Novaes 5. Pirate Song Gilbert...
...whole body of church goers. Religion is still an unquestioned part of the lives of an overwhelming though silent majority of the population. The Church continues to be a necessary function of society. The question of who is right or wrong in the New York controversy is of minor importance. The mere fact that so much popular interest has been roused, and that the newspapers have found it worth their while to give it so much space, is the most encouraging evidence that the public is still awake to religion...
This newspaper science, however, served up to the credulous for popular consumption, must not be swallowed whole. The French discoverer of "self-anaesthesia" claims only that it will be useful for minor operations, such as extracting teeth, when the cause of pain is only momentary, and when the patient's heart is sound. Even at that, it may be widely useful; "Painless Dentistry", the promise of zealous advertisers, can become an everyday reality; and the ordeal of removing splinters and cinders will be only a matter of a few deep breaths...
...speaker then pointed out the two separate tragedies combined in "King Lear". The first is the tragedy of Lear and his three daughters, while the second is that of Gloucester and his two sons, which is of minor importance. Shakspere took the story from Holinshed's Chronicle, but he changed it from a nursery tale to a gripping tragedy, mainly by the transformation of the hero's character. Professor Kittredge stated that the madness of the king was the author's chief contribution to the plot. He disproved the theory, however, that King Lear was made from the beginning...
...youth." Most students, when they are given books, must be personally instructed how to get the greatest benefit from them, and reading lists or "correspondence" will prove only partially satisfactory. Aside from the real difficulties in the way of the lonely student, there are apt to arise dozens of minor discouragements which are now met by suggestions from friendly roommates, instructors, or advisors...