Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...harbor is available and the crew will start for New London early in June. It will, however, be used by the class crews in their practice for the fall and spring regattas, which are always held on Lake Whitney, and by the single scullers, who will, it is thought, avail themselves of the privileges of this house to revive the practice of single sculling, which recently has fallen into disuse at Yale...
...Davis, '94; Stephenson, '95 S.; Bliss, '93 S.; Case, '94; Bigelow, '94; Jackson, '93 S.; Carter. '95; Speer, '95; Warner, '94; Hedges '96; Rustin, '94 S.; Beall, '93 S. Harvey, '94, and Arbuthnot, '94, who have been at short stop all the season, have been retired, it is thought permanently. The position will be taken by Captain Bliss...
...solicitation of the committee evidently has not been a ready one, nor very creditable to the class as a whole. It would be unfortunate if Ninety-three should give up the baccalaureate hymn, a custom which has been in vogue for so many years, simply through the thought lessness or indifference of her members. In matters of this kind where the choice of contributions is governed entirely by competition, there ought to be so many aspirants that the successful contributors should receive some distinction for their work. It would be, moreover, a distinct aid to the committee to have many...
...greatest difficulties thus far. The trouble has been to hit upon music of a form which will be appropriate and sufficiently exact for the play and which yet will not be ludicrous. After much discussion and many experiments, Professor F. D. Allen has made a scheme which is thought to be near enough to the ancient music and yet will not be too strange to our ears. For the Greek play a full chorus and unaccompanied dialogues answer well enough, but this is not true of the Latin play which has no chorus. Professor Allen will compose the accompaniments which...
...forms would hardly pass with a modern audience; it would sound ridiculous at the least, while it would be certainly pointless to introduce music as it is now. These obstacles, it is understood, have been overcome to a great extent and the music which has already been written is thought to be near enough to the ancient and yet not so unique as to sound strange to our ears...