Word: softer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...four new diet tennis courts on Holmes Field which were completed Saturday are now ready for use, making a total of 43 courts on Jarvis and Holmes Fields available daily between 7 o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock at night. Although the new courts are softer than the old ones, they will probably be in perfect condition after two or three weeks...
...University cricket team was badly defeated by Haverford at Haverford on Friday by the score of 306 to 59. The defeat was due to the greatly superior batting and fielding of the Haverford team, and also to Harvard's unfamiliarity with a hard turf wicker, after practice on a softer cocoa-matting wicket. Haverford caught out seven of the University team, and both Bonbright and Hopkins scored centuries, not out. For Harvard, F. C. Taylor did the best bowling, and King scored the most runs. Only two men made double figures...
...Saint-Saens concerto for violoncello and orchestra (A minor op. 33), Mr. Rudolf Krasselt scored a decided triumph as soloist in the third Symphony concert last night at Sanders Theatre. His performance was splendidly rendered, and the softer and less brilliant passages were played with delicacy of phrasing and graceful feeling. It was to be regretted that the composition did not permit him to show more than his brilliant technique. The other numbers were: Overture to "Sankuntala," by Goldmark; Symphonic poem, "Vysenrad," by Smetana; and Symphony in D major, No. 2, op, 36 by Beethoven...
...November, but the Pierian showed itself fully capable of mastering it. All the pieces were played with very good expression and showed a finished style, which could only have been attained by long and careful practice. The Vorspiel and Siciliana, from "Cavalleria Rusticana" was especially well rendered, and the softer arts, played by a cornet accompanied by the picking of the violins, gave a very good effect. The orchestra as a whole was brought out best in the "Hungarian Dances," which were played with expression and rhythm...