Word: rhythm
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...well as to the expression "memory of remembered faces"; but the verses are in general melodious, and the dreamy sadness of tone reflects one side of the effect of the sea-sounds. The other poetical pieces are creditable in thought and wording; they all show a good ear for rhythm. "The parting of Lancelot and Guinevere" has the tender solemnity of the old romances. "In the City," "Sunrise," and "Prisoners," describe certain aspects of nature, and "Love's Perfect Hour" is a happy translation from the French. The general excellence of the number is occasionally marred by inaccurate or doubtful...
...been put in at bow, Whitney at three, Withington has gone from port to starboard, exchanging six for five and Waite has shifted from three to four. Owing to these recent changes the rowing yesterday was not up to the standard. Cutler is a good stroke, and puts rhythm and life into the rest of the crew...
...Henley's London poems. But its effectiveness is weakened by a curious uncertainty in the handling of the verse. The metre is prevailingly iambic, but the license of substitution of trochaic and other measures is indulged in so freely that it is sometimes hard to catch the rhythm. At times, too, the rime has overmastered the thought, as in the sixth stanza, where "the first chill of night" certainly rimes with bright, but is a poor phrase for the cool of the morning
...well as "Cambridge Town," "No Hope for Yale," and "The Spirit of Harvard," which did not receive a fair trial at the last mass meeting owing to the band's lack of practice. New songs may be written to original tunes, or may be set to familiar tunes whose rhythm and swing make them appropriate football songs. The song or songs meeting with the most success at the mass meetings and at the Dartmouth game will be considered to have won the competition and will be used at the Yale game...
...knows the make-up of the Committee can be convinced that there was any bad judgment shown in the choice of songs. The technical qualities of the compositions submitted were passed upon by the head of the musical department and by men prominently connected with undergraduate musical affairs. The rhythm and swing, equally necessary in a football song, were judged by prominent members of 1907 and 1908, who spared no pains to select the most suitable song...