Word: skills
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When a concerto heard at the hands of a pianist of the skill and artistry of Harold Bauer, still remains unconvincing, uninteresting, and long-winded, there is something the matter. Eloquence on Mr. Bauer's part, heroic effort by Mr. Monteux, nothing could redeem this very dry concerto except a very few passages in the less uninteresting last movement. If there is any meaning to this work, as there may be, since an artist of Mr. Bauer' rank sees fit to play it, we are unable to discover...
...Eastman in the shot, and Gerould, Hyatt and Morse in the high-jump present a field of probable scratch men of unusual ability. Only in the pole-vault and weight-throw is an experienced group lacking. These two events should provide ample opportunity for inexperienced material to test their skill with the 35 pound weight and the vaulting pole. Since there are virtually no experienced men in these two departments, any high performers in today's meet will receive serious consideration for regular positions on the track team during the winter and spring seasons...
Tennis has always been more than a test of skill. The personalities of its great men have often been of more interest than their actual ability. Many will remember the impetuosity of McLoughlin, the craftiness of Brooks, and the imperturbability of Washburn long after their style of play is forgotten. It would be well for these ruffled champions to remember this before they go any further towards damaging a sport which has been built up by so many years of line tradition...
Although the nine essays may be put roughly into four classes, there is a diversity to their subject matter, and a skill in their composition, that betrays a mind containing quiet thoughtful recesses, and at the same time, keen accurate feelers that run out and through things. Five of the articles are concerned rather fundamentally with specific problems of collegiate education; which should not be taken to mean that they are uninteresting, for they are not, but distinctly stimulating, and of real value to the outside world. The reader will find discussions of the curriculum, of "The theory...
...skill of the champion international bridge-player. Lloyd George's last audience-the Whoest of the Who. David F. Houston. He has a distinguished patron. The first American to attend a meeting of the British Cabinet...