Word: talents
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Pierian" at Harvard has ever been organized in this university. The Glee and Banjo Clubs have done much towards bringing out the musical talent in the college, but there are still many men of great proficiency on other instruments than the banjo, guitar and mandolin whom such an organization would bring to the front and to whom it would be of great benefit. As the college term is now so near its end it would hardly be worth while to think of establishing it for this year; but on the re-opening of college next September, active steps should certainly...
...depends on what it is endowed with. If endowed with talent, it would succeed in Boston as well as anywhere else. The question is often asked, why can not we have a theatre like the Comedie Francaise. France is Paris, Germany is Berlin, England is London. America on the other hand, is made up of a number of metropolises. Where would the national theatre be? New York would claim by right of her size, Boston would claim because she is the home of culture and refinement, Washington would claim it as the capital city of America. However there...
...organization of a sophomore debating club would naturally enlist the interest of a large number of men who are not competent to speak for one of the older societies. Such a club would greatly help to improve the better material among the speakers and to strengthen the lesser talent...
...Daly's production is in every respect better than that offered by Madame Modjeska - notably and brilliantly better in respect of the light, life, color, and sweet music with which the whole play moves along. Yet in spite of these qualities, of Miss Rehan's beauty and great talent and of her noble speaking of the verse, the present rendering of the "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is only tasteful and meritorious, not a memorable or inspired attempt...
...young composer has written a great deal of really charming music in "Proserpina," showing no little melodic inventiveness and even succeeding in giving some numbers a characteristic coloring by means as simple as they are effective, and made the best of it as only a man of decided talent and considerable musical knowledge could have done...