Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although greatly oppressed in the past, the Serbs are a splendid people. The people are very democratic (there is no gentry or merchant class), and there is no industrialism, owing to the absence of routes for trade with the outside world. The spirit of nationality in them was brought to a head by the annexation of Bosnia by Austria in 1908, and resulted in the training of an army which has defeated Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria...
...conductors of symphony orchestras might follow Mr. Hewitt's example. For Borodin's Symphony, the second to be composed in Russia, is a notable instance of independence, individuality and resource despite the obvious obligations to Schumann. Written in a difficult if effective orchestral style, its performance was notable for spirit, sympathy and just appreciation of its contests. While Beethoven's Overture presents difficulties of a different order, its classic style is more easily assimilable. Here again the orchestra played with a rhythmic incesiveness and excellent ensemble. Handel's Concerto imposes a difficult task even upon well disciplined strings, and that...
...upon maintaining the high standards of recent years both as regards the substance of the program and the able manner in which it was presented. That the Sodality can maintain such standards in face of the inevitable fluctuation in material from year to year speaks highly for the genuine spirit of artistic striving which actuates its efforts, and in the results obtained amply justifies its choice of its present leader. That Mr. Hewitt has shown indisputable talent, perseverance and patience is obvious...
Speaking on "The Spirit of France Today," M. Hugues LeRoux, editor of the Paris "Matin" and special envoy from France to President Wilson, declared in the Union last night that 500,000 young Frenchmen were in their graves because of German materialism. He illustrated his talk with graphic descriptions of the heroic efforts of the French to save their country. France does not believe in war and the leaders would willingly stop fighting but the Germans feel that they are striving for liberty and have turned the war into a kind of revolution with the annexing of Belgium and France...
...Lecture on "The Spirit of France Today," by M. Hugues LeRoux, in Living Room of Union...