Word: sung
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...event it is a reflection on us all that such songs are offered as Harvard's worthiest productions. Let us hope, then, that the Committee will make a new selection, and try in the two weeks that remain to offer us a few songs that at least can be sung...
...going to the time and expense of orchestrating songs that in the opinion of the Committee were inferior to those selected. The competition is nominally closed, but it is not yet too late to put into use words that are dignified--not blatant and boastful--to be sung to some tune that we all know; nor is it too late for men of musical ability to make an effort to turn out a song that will take its place among those of which we are justly proud...
...over former years, it will be necessary for every one to learn the songs by heart. Many make no effort to do this, trusting that the words will be memorized by frequent practice. The result often is that when the Yale game comes, the new songs must still be sung, like unfamiliar hymns, from slips of paper. If there were no better reason for not putting this off until the last minute, a feeling of pride should spare us the torture of listening to extemporaneous songs...
...first football mass meeting of the year will be held tomorrow night in the Living Room of the Union at 7.30 o'clock. Cheering will be practiced and the old and new football songs will be sung. Coach Crane and Captain Parker will speak on the prospects of the team. The mass meeting will be open to all members of the University, whether members of the Union...
...Whiting understood his audience and made only the brief remarks needed to give an appreciation of what was to be sung. Mrs. Goold's singing was admirable. It was for the singer a trying program, chosen to represent many types of song, and including in its range four centuries and as many nationalities; yet such was Mrs. Goold's versatility of art that one could hardly say where she was at her best. She brought out the special traits of each song, yet never exaggerated; she sang with spirit and taste, and always with charm...