Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...story was written in the very notes of the music. The gentle swaying of the trees and rustling of the leaves in the woods, were unmistakable The clear notes of the bird singing out from among the branches were so skillfully introduced and worked up that it did not seem at out of place when these notes were finally played by the bass instruments. And yet some people say that Wagner is all mere noise; could these people have heard the selection played last night and still kept to their idea...
...give no comprehensive summary such as the articles spoken of furnish; but we present what seem to us a few of the chief points on either side. Those who urge the new plan must assume the burden of proof. They say: first, that the present age of entrance into college is too high; second, that the growth in our standards and efficiency and the contemporary rise of the graduate school have been so great as to make the A. B. degree no longer the limit of general culture; third, that in general the number of college-bred men in America...
...Such seem to be a few of the chief points on either side. We cannot pretend to decide in the matter, nor can any single man, graduate or undergraduate. The question is far too broad for that. It is of vital interest not alone to Harvard, but to our whole system of education. We have given these few statements simply with the hope of calling more earnest personal attention and study of our undergraduates to a matter which must affect so vitally their college and education in general...
...College Kodaks" are decidedly the most interesting reading of the number, showing an originality which most of the larger articles of the number do not possess. The first and third "Kodaks" seem to be the best of the five...
Again, to the arrangement that, in any case, a fifth game be played with Yale at Springfield, the objection would seem obvious. If the championship has already been decided, a fifth game is entirely without interest; and the proposition, moreover, to play it at Springfield where the grounds were found to be wretched is fully as ill-considered. Of course, in case of a tie, a fifth game will be arranged; but we hope it will be on suitable grounds...