Word: suggested
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...taken up, but it ought to be carried farther. There are many men in a class who if called upon could give entertainments if not as well, certainly far more effectively than the hired professional. The only difficulty is that it is a hard custom to start. We also suggest that professors be asked in more, both as informal speakers, and as guests. This would serve a double purpose. As the only regular class gathering we think the Class Smoker should be enthusiastically supported, and we encourage all Juniors to make sure that they can attend their meeting...
...would suggest, as a good way of accomplishing this, that a committee be formed at once, its membership to be drawn from the musical clubs, the papers, the Student Council, the officers of the four classes, the French, German, and Italian societies, etc., taking care to enlist the interest of men from as many different undergraduate activities as possible. Let the committee arrange a dinner to be held at an early date in the Union. Invite to the dinner President Lowell, Major Higginson, Mr. Russell, Professor Spalding, the orchestra conductors of the Opera, and as many prominent graduates interested...
...have read with much interest the recent articles advocating some sort of an affiliation between Harvard University and the Boston Opera Company, and I would like to suggest that something be done if possible before the end of the present opera season. A dinner, at which representatives from the various musical, dramatic and cosmopolitan clubs, as well as an adequate representation from the Faculty, could meet with certain representatives of the Boston Opera Company, would do much toward promoting such an affiliation, and there is very little doubt but that this would be mutually advantageous. Anyone who will take...
Unless radical changes are made in the production; it is the belief of the writer that the piece can hardly succeed. To begin with, the men of the company, with the possible exception of the inevitable chorus, are so uncertain in their methods that they immediately suggest the mediocrity of amateurs...
Concerning our recent editorial on "The University and the Opera" a member of the class of 1908 writes as follows: "I personally feel keenly the lack of having just such an opportunity as you suggest, and am sure that I should not have been alone in the appreciation of it, had this movement been on foot a few years ago. Harvard should ally herself with the opera in some way. I am sure if you follow up the discussion you have ..... started, you will receive the hearty support of the entire University...