Word: onward
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...March Onward, A. Geibel...
...editorial in the present number of the Advocate dwells upon the importance of Harvard students' making some more general recognition of intellectual attainment among their fellows. The point is very well raised. At present, in the onward sweep of athletics, the undergraduate has been deceived into thinking, or rather into acting as if he thought, that the athlete alone is deserving of the popularity which puts a man's name in every body's mouth. It is proper that the athlete should enjoy a certain measure of collegiate fame, but it is far from proper that he should hold...
...unusually careful attention to expression. The latter song was, from a musical point of view, the best on the programme. The only serious defect was in the vocal waltz "Invitation," in which the piano accompaniment was too light to keep the voices in tune. The new march, "Onward," was sung with excellent spirit, but old "Schneider's," which was sung as an encore after the first number, was better rendered than it has ever been before. The solos were all good and were very enthusiastically received. J. A. Wilder L. S. sang a number of very good new songs...
...March Onward, A. Geibel...
...Observe that this idea of repeated fresh starts does not in any way destroy the continuity of nature. Any study of her processes is but the making of new discoveries, and then in their light and the light of what has gone before, making fresh beginnings in the steady onward progress. No where does there come a break...