Word: songs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chorister of '86 wishes to communicate with anyone who intends to write words for the class song...
...simplest method of separating the gold from the earth was soon superseded by the "cradle." The requiring men to work together occasioned the system of "partnership" which has become so celebrated in song and story. Some lonely miners made some profit by using a knife in cutting the gold from the crevices of rock where the water of the brooks had washed it. This crevice-mining afforded a very precarious living, and these solitary miners became very dangerous members of society. Very few Indians were hired by the miners. The Brooks party of Eastermens on the way to the mining...
...Kneisel. Mme. Norton suffered from a slight cold and the consequent huskiness at times marred the effect of her singing. Her voice is sweet and full, and her artistic perception generally good. The Mozart arias were very acceptably rendered. Mme. Norton failed to catch the spirit of the Lassen song according to our previously conceived idea of it, but that by Forster was sung with much more feeling, and was marred only by the huskiness before mentioned. In response to a recall, she gave Gurlitt's "Messenger," in which she was even more successful. Nothing better could be imagined than...
Poetry forms an important part of this number. "Destiny," by T. P. Sanborn, '86, and a Sonnet by G. Santayana, '86, are charming bits of verse. The "Song of the Mountain," by W. A. Leahy, '88, is a poem of unusual power and vigor, and shows the marks of genius in its author. The poet of the class of eighty-six, A. B. Houghton, contributes "A Ballad to Don Quixote," which breaths forth the true poetic spirit. These, with book reviews and editorials make up the number. Judged by this first issue the Harvard Monthly is a decided success...
...last reigns there, one loud voice calls for the '88 glee club; which now, hoarse with cheering, begins to sing the Yale anthem, with laudatory verses to '88, '87, '86 and '85; all egotistic references to freshman exploits being received with howls of derision by the upperclassmen. This song leads to others, and long after the darkness has shut down on the city, the freshmen remain seated on their cherished fence, discoursing sweet music, till the hour arrives for going to the freshman banquet. Such is the reward they earn for defeating a Harvard team; may the next freshman class...