Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...actors, the greater part of the work fell to Martha Schiffel, in the part of Iphigenia. Possessed of an ideal stage presence for the part, and combining with this strong dramatic powers which she kept under perfect control, and a remarkably flexible expressive voice, she held the audience throughout...
...Orestes, Carl Wagner played a very difficult part with great force, and yet with perfect naturalness. Especially in the highly emotional scenes of the third act, where the slightest over acting would have been fatal, he was free from any ranting, and never lost sight of the artistic limitations of the part. By his excellent acting he relieved the artificiality of the swoon scene, which is perhaps the greatest blemish in the play...
...Usurper of the Range," by W. Jones '00, is without doubt the best piece of fiction in the number. Its subject is fresh and unhackneyed, and treated with a firmness and sureness of touch which shows the writer's perfect knowledge of the western life and incidents he depicts...
Taking the players as individuals, a desire to learn the game thoroughly, and to perfect themselves in the details of their positions, has characterized the work of every...
...relationship of speculative to practical religion. This same relationship between speculative religion and the simple way of living had existed for ages, and it was this state of affairs against which Bishop Brooks made his protest. The innermost key to the power of the great divine was his perfect balance between religious faith and true moral living. Religion at Harvard, as seen by an outsider, may be considered from three points of view. The point of view which may be taken from the Phillips Brooks House shows a gathering of men who have a manly simplicity of purpose...