Word: schoolishness
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...after a good start in the first Bach sinfonia, the orchestra began having trouble. Failing to complement a fine oboe solo by Robert Hecker, the strings evidenced poor, high-schoolish intonation in the second and third sinfoniae and in general let the music control them. The sinfoniae were further flawed by a glaring absence of dynamic contrast and formal clarity...
Many who would like him to be Harvard's symbolic link with Negro movements find his style pretentious and his activities aimed only at egotistic goals. But Epps, despite his sometimes superficially prep-schoolish style, is largely responsible for the initiative behind a number of important organizations at Harvard, and remains constantly motivated to aid all efforts toward social change...
...musical possibilities here are fascinating. The 'Poon chose, regrettably, to use the tune of the "Great Pretender" to convey the , and it is not quite adequate, aside from not being original. The recited are appealing, but a little too high schoolish to be totally convincing. Cerf, in his appeal to God, uses librant, quivering voice which almost sounds professional, but during the section he displays his uneasiness with rock singing with a very self conscious emission of the all important word "Yeah" which is the backbone of modern rock songs. The Maniacs again show little originality, and cymbals will drive...
...merely said, "I like to have my own time at my own disposal. If spring football were reinstated in the Ivy League, I would not play football at all." He called the accusations of lack of interest and laziness in football which relied on interest in spring football "high schoolish" and "immature fanaticism...
...Nixon at a disadvantage before the Big Eye. Debate No. 4 in itself gave little new substance to their views, though, as before, the tension of the confrontation made the occasion dramatic. The inflexible format and generally inept questioning by TV newscasters produced a disappointing, almost high schoolish, rerun of oft-stated positions and oft-used phrases on both sides...