Word: tone
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...second concert of the series by the Kneisel Quartet was given in Sever 11 last evening before a small but enthusiastic audience. The ensemble playing was faultless, but especial praise is due to Mr. Kneisel for the sympathetic and inspiring quality of his tone. In the new 'cellist, Mr. Hekking, one misses the geniality and richness of tone which characterized Mr. Giese's playing of former years. But everyone cannot own such a superb instrument as Mr. Giese possesses. The second violin in the hands of Mr. Roth has too little prominence compared with its importance in the string quartet...
...this respect, as we have said, the meetings greatly resemble the Globe theatre services two winters ago in which Harvard students were so greatly interested. At that time the religious tone and feelings of the university seemed to be undergoing something of a crisis; and it was at that point that the great undergraduate body of men showed, by their enthusiastic support of the Globe meetings, that religious tendencies at Harvard were on the increase rather than the wane. Since that time we believe that the religious life of the men here at Cambridge has grown more healthy, and that...
...sixth number of the Advocate which appeared shortly before the Christmas recess is a very creditable number. The literary tone of most of the articles is above the average, and the editorials contain few statements which cannot be accepted without dispute. The position taken, however, is rather an ideal than an aetual one. The question is asked, "for whose benefit are these games and exhibitions given?" The possible answers considered are, "for the physical benefit of the men who participate in them," "for the honor of the institution which may indulge in them," and lastly, "for the benefit...
...essays on the problems and interests of our existence. The extent of the subject is shown by the great variety of the topics treated. The subject is not a new one and the method of treatment is already familiar to readers of Emerson, Arno d and Carlyle. The tone of all the essays is one of extreme optimisim and encouragement. The idea of the whole is well summed up in one of its first sentences-"I shlal treat life as we find it, see what has been and is made of it, and suggest what might be, must be, made...