Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...audience was large and select, and caught the spirit of the play from the first. The society has every reason to be pleased with the manner in which the performance was received, particularly in view of the fact that hitherto the society has given only burlesques at Havernill, and some hesitations was felt in introducing legitimate comedy. The impersonations of Mr. Winter were greeted with much applause, and he was obliged to answer to several encors. After the performance the company sat down to a sumptous repast at the Webster House, provided by the manager of the theatre...
...very warm demonstrations of approval, which they thorougly deserved. Singing of such artistic merit, of such genuine and thoroughly sympathetic feeling is very refreshing to hear. His selections were in themselves of great interest; a barcarole by Gounod, captivating in its rhythmic swing and fine harmonies, of which the spirit was admirably caught by Mr. Winch; a quaint and charming old melody of Purcell's, and two songs by Raff and Jensen. The last, especially, was given with great delicacy and tenderness of sentiment. Berlioz's admirable adaptation of Weber's rather commonplace Invitation to the Dance, formed the lighter...
...valuable suggestions were made as to the way in which the club could become a useful and active society. The importance of cultivating any talent,- be it a talent for literature, painting, sculpture, or, in short, for any one of the fine arts,- can hardly be overestimated, but a spirit of dilettanteism should be avoided. The members of the club warmly appreciated Prof. Norton's very interesting talk, and on the whole the club is to be congratulated on its successful initial meeting...
...only a little better off than is the lacrosse association. It would seem therefore that the stories of Yale enthusiasm, passing from mouth to mouth, have become greatly exaggerated in their transmission, or else that the year 1885 is to be made memorable by a change in the Yale spirit. The fact, however, that Yale enthusiasm, and Harvard indifference have been drawn more closely together, is no apology or excuse for the latter. The standard of the one has not been lowered, the standard of the other has not been raised. Let us then, if possible, bring the two more...
...phenomena. Spiritualistic Phenomena, (a). physical phenomena, such as table tipping; altering weight of bodies, etc.; (b), chemical phenomena, such as preserving men from fire; (c), direct writing, e. g. automatic writing of a pencil on a slate; (d), musical phenomena, e. g. automatic playing of accordeon, piano, etc.; (e), spirit forms, as of human beings. Spiritualism has arisen since 1848, and now the believers in it number about 20,000,000 persons. A commission, of which the lecturer is a member, has been established to investigate this subject, but it has not yet thought it wise to publish the results...