Word: movement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...statement which seemed not altogether unwelcome to the audience. The performance of the different numbers varied greatly in excellence. The Beethoven quartet suffered, apparently, from lack of practice. The conception was good, but there were a number of blemishes in the execution, especially in the second and last movements which were characterized by considerable indistinctness and untunefulness. The third movement received a treatment more in accordance with its noble character. The somewhat hackneyed variations on the "Russian Hymn" were exquisitely played, as was also Mendelssohn's canzonetta, an exceedingly bright and delicate composition. In the Schubert quartet was found...
Many persons habitually and without thought, make fun of "sweet girl graduates" and of all that pertains to their collegiate training. It may be of interest to the general reader to happen upon a short account of one phase of the practical good that is being accomplished by the movement for the "higher education of women." On January 14, 1882, sixty-six women graduates met in Boston and organized an "Association of Collegiate Alumnae." The object of this association, as expressed in its Constitution, is "to unite alumnae of different institutions for practical educational work." The regular members...
...this image, which is reflected from the mercury upon a screen. The reflection is observed by means of a telescope or microscope placed so as not to be easily jarred. The utmost delicacy is obtained by this arrangement, for if a sufficiently high magnifying power is used, a movement along the screen of the reflected spot or image a thousandth part of an inch is readily perceived...
Last evening Prof. Royce was greeted by an audience which filled Sever 11 to overflowing. Prof. Royce gave a brief recapitulation of his first lecture and then proceeded to give a sketch of Californian society since the Bear Flag movement. Marshall, who first discovered the gold, was found to be a thoroughly worthless man. The people of the early history of California often descended to a state of semi-barbarism, yet there was always a spirit of manhood and heroism which has brought California to the strength she has today. The miners were allowed to work the mines...
...Glee Club will exist as a separate organization, but will only be heard at class gatherings. There is a movement on foot to form an '89 Glee Club on the same plan...