Word: musically
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with great pleasure that we print the announcement of the concert to be given in aid of the fund for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The willingness with which the three musical societies, the Glee Club, the Pierian Sodality and Banjo Club, accepted the invitation of the Classical Club to give this concert cannot be too highly commended. Harvard was largely instrumental in founding the American School, but has as a university been extraordinarily slow to contribute any actual sum for its support. To quote from an admirable editorial in the last "Harvard Monthly": "It is rather...
...custom of having college organizations furnish music at the winter meetings is rapidly growing in popularity. Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale have all adopted this plan, and the brass bands of those colleges are taking measures to make its execution successful. We have a band that can undoubtedly vie with that of any other college; why, then, should we not adopt this plan also? It certainly would be a very enjoyable feature, and would add much to the pleasure of the meetings. We hear from our brass band only too seldom. It is true that...
...club, the first ten of which are chosen by the sophomores from the freshman class toward the last of that academic term. These ten choose, during the first of their sophomore year, ten more, and so on until the number is complete. Much attention is paid to music and theatricals at present, a stage manager and chorister being among the officers of the society...
...attendance at the Vesper Service yesterday was very large; fully one thousand people were present. The prevailing thought of the service was the "Light of God;" and to this idea the address and music were directed. The choir sang, "We March to Victory," by Barnby. Rev. Dr. McKenzie read the Psalm. Mr. G. W. Ward then sang, "Sing Ye Praises," from Mendelsohn's "Hymn of Praise." Dr. Gordon read a few verses from the first chapter of Second Corinthians. He chose as his text the therein occurring expression, "Sincerity to God." "Sincerity, unlike many other virtues, is a quality...
...Love" gives its title to a second sonnet, of which the music is rythmic and the rythm melodious, but the wording is stale, flat and unprofitable, and again a subject is only new when expressed in fresh language and a genuine appreciation...