Word: toned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are two things that every university can and ought to do to create a higher tone in athletics. The first is that every university. . . . must make absolutely sure that its representatives stand for clean sport on every athletic field. . . We at Princeton wish above everything else in our athletic relations to other universities that it may be said of our teams "There is a body of clean sportsmen.' . . . We must be sure here at Princeton that we have absolutely unquestioned amateurs on our teams. There should not be any subsidizing of athletics . . . ." All this is pertinent, and preventative steps...
Single tickets for this concert are on sale at the University Book Store in Harvard Square. Symphony No. 5, in C Minor, Op. 67, Beethoven Three pieces for Orchestra, Liadoff "Kiklmora", a Folk Tale, Op. 63. "The Enchanted Lake", a Folk Tale, Op. 62. "Baba-Yaga", Tone Picture, after a Russian Folk Tale, Op. 56. Concerto for Planoforte, in D Minor, Mozart Symphonic Poem, "Wallenstein's Camp", Smetana
...Kochanski was enthusiastically received. His tone, while light, was charmingly lyric, and the rapid and laborious succession of double-stopped chords showed what a fine master of technique he is. Why he should have chosen the Bruch Fantasy to play, we cannot imagine. It is far too long, and the accompaniment is so heavy that it completely drowns out the violin on many occasions. There is little evidence of any Scottish characteristics except when the folk tunes themselves appear. At times we are reminded of an inferir "Rheingold". The work, however, has always been a favorite with violinists...
...writer and a thinker of unusual merit. With the eyes of a poet, he surveys the life about him, on shipboard, in unfrequented corners of the earth, and then, in his spare time, he gives his impressions to the world through essays and short sketches that have a scholarly tone reminiscent of Lamb, yet enlivened by a virile strain inseparable from a man of action. It is a remarkable combination that gives one at the same time the invigorating flavor of the sea and the peaceful meditation of the literary recluse. McPhee is a man of two personalities, or would...
...rather experiences the same feeling as he derives from overhearing in a Subway train two young supporters of Mayor Curley repeat to each other with variations the theme. "Gee, but I was drunk last night." Not that Widener conversation deals particularly with exploits in dissipation. It is only the tone that is similar...