Word: standard
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...very funny to those who can see it. In dealing with the alleged literature one ought to feel on firmer ground. The editorial is as clever as usual, and more profound than most. The satires on the CRIMSON, the Monthly, and the Advocate are up to the fortnightly standard, and the jokes on New-Year resolutions are well-timed. The verses on chorus-girls, the Memorial dialogues, and the allusions to Radcliffe hold sturdily to the traditions of the last twenty years. They show how rapidly the Freshmen fall into line. For, of course, the Lampoon is written by Freshmen...
...educational influence and a transmittendum to posterity. Should not Harvard with its recognized advantages do its part toward developing actors of recognized ability? We demand the highest qualifications for teachers and members of other professions. Is there any real reason why we should not demand an equally high standard for the men who divert us in our leisure hours, and, since demands alone are generally ineffective, should we not back them up by some tangible organization which will have for its sole object the encouragement of undergraduate dramatics...
...club was founded in 1898, and has for its object the promotion of musical knowledge and appreciation in the University. The club is composed of officers and students in the Department of Music in the University, and meetings are held during the year at which the members perform standard works and original compositions, and discuss subjects of general musical interest...
Tonight's program is of particular interest on account of the large number of original compositions to be rendered, in addition to works by standard composers. Three of the seven numbers are composed by students in the Department of Music, and all will be rendered by members of the club...
...wind and rain, and silence muffling a landscape with a counterpane,--figures too metaphysical to be happy. Mr. R. J. Walsh's "The Death of Cleopatra" has gained a prize as a translation from Horace. Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez's "Odalisque," clear in thought, admirable in melody, worthily maintains the standard of "Advocate" verse...