Word: precisionism
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We regret that the orchestra should not have left us after the last concert with a rather better impression; its performance last night was hardly up to its usual high standard, a frequent raggedness and unevenness being evident, as well as lack of precision in following the conductor's beat...
It brought out only in greater relief the utter triviality of the Fantasie Norwegienne for which we wish something could have been substituted more worthy Mr. Loeffier's abilities. His efforts were warmly appreciated by the audience who would not be satisfied until he had twice bowed his acknowledgments. The...
"I was deeply interested in comparing our Cambridge with this Cambridge. It is not like old Cambridge or Oxford. We keep up the old domiciliary system. Our colleges are like medieval fortresses; they are shut at night from the freest of the world, and not a soul can get in...
For the carriage of the body and the arms, very few directions suffice; but it often takes months to develop the muscles necessary for a proper execution of the directions. The body should swing forward and back with a hip, and not a back movement. Eight years ago Harvard crews...
Yesterday afternoon, despite the unpleasant weather, a large crowd of men, numbering between one and two hundred, strolled to the riverside and crowed the edge of the boat-house platform, all eager to see the University crew take their last pull of the year upon the Charles. At about half...