Word: tone
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale letter in our columns today brings pleasant echoes of our anniversary time. The editorial referred to, which appeared in the Courant, was an appeal for a more liberal tone in the Sunday services. It says that "the little benefit derived from the service is generally acknowledged," and that if they are fed on the dry husks of religious conventionalism, they can hardly be expected to develope practical Christianity...
...moderate tone of the letter in speaking of the foot-ball team, will hardly change anybody's opinion as to what result Yale expects from the game here to-morrow. Contrary to the opinion of our correspondent, we think the disqualifying of so many men in the Yale-Pennsylvania game is something to be commended as showing the increasing attention paid to questionable play by the referees...
...them and wish that the misunderstanding had not occurred, and that it may even now be smoothed over, without permanent ill-feeling. We trust that the Princeton Alumni who are supporting so vigorously - as 'tis said - their president in his mistaken quarrel, will adopt as moderate and pacific a tone as the Harvard Alumni, and devote their energies not to fomenting, but to allaying the strife...
...causes which Princeton has for complaint, and, as they both arose from misconceptions, we can, without loss of dignity, express our deep regret that they exist: but, that Princeton's president should dislike the liberal sermon of Phillips Brooks, the liberal oration of James Russell Lowell, and the liberal tone which characterized the whole celebration here, we can regret - only on his account...
...unsympathetic a style. Mr. Gericke did not respond to the encore given to the piece. The fourth Symphony of Beethoven was very well played and was the most satisfactory number on the programme. All the delicate nuances were rigidly observed. In the second Adagio movement the quality of tone of the whole orchestra was especially warm and sympathetic, the performers seeming to respond better to the wishes of the conductor. The allegro movements were played with a great deal of precision. The whole conception of the Symphony was an admirable one. It is a pity that in place...