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...subject of one was The Spy and the Sybil. It treated partly of Balda, who was the purest and whitest of the gods and Loci, who killed him. Balda had dreamed that his life was threatened, and the gods had made all things - the animals and the plants - promise not to harm him. But they had neglected a little plant which grew on the mountains, the mistletoe, which was so small that they thought it could do no harm. Loci heard of this, and possessing himself of a branch, repaired to an assemblage of the gods, when they were throwing...
...satisfies his ambition. The key note of the whole article is struck in the concluding sentences,- "Study, line distinction, the perfection of form, the fittest phrase, the labor limoe and the purgation from immaterialities of ornament or fac, and the putting of what we ought to say in the purest, simplest, and permanent form, - these are what our literature must have, and these are not qualities to be cultivated on the daily press. Of no pursuit can it be said more justly than of literature, that 'culture corrects the theory of success...
...repetitions of courses given to Harvard students, and are given by Harvard instructors; the requirements for the degree-certificate are the same as those for the college degree; and finally, the methods of work and the standards are the same; the elective system is found working there in its purest form, and the same complete freedom which characterizes our own college life is equally characteristic of life at the Annex. In other words the methods which have proved so satisfactory in the education of young men have been tried with equally satisfactory results on young women. There...
...rendering of his programs. There can be no better foundation for a musical career-and for those less interested in the art, no pleasanter way of spending an hour and a half-than in hearing these masterpieces of Beethoven, Mozart and other composers. The stringed quartette the highest and purest form of instrumental music. We venture once more to urge college men not to let these opportunities slip by unheeded. Let Sever 11 be filled tonight with a truly representative Harvard audience...
...movement were most cordially received by the audience, while Mendelssohn's Scherzo seemed to be the favorite number in the second part. As in the last concert given here by this quartet, the number of college men present was few. When such splendid opportunities for hearing the highest and purest form of music are presented to us, it is difficult to understand why men do not avail themselves of these privileges. The next concert will be on March 21st...