Word: waltz
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...waltz, an art voted 'lost...
...last waltz, thy Paris dress...
...strongest argument was that the moon was a matter of square feet and inches, while it was impossible to cut in-ches out of cheese. Mr. Emerson wrote on "A Shabby Monarch, or Napoleon out at Elba." Mr. Gerrish's subject was, "Whirly and Late, or the Last Waltz" (whirly for early, you know, because you whirl when you dance). Mr. Peirce, of '76, was to have read an essay on "Water on the Brain, or a Notion (an Ocean) in the Head." There were others who seemed to be laboring under the difficulty of which a Junior member boldly...
...expected, owing to the fact that it was sung loud all through. The "Ave Maria" was finely given, and was encored, as were the majority of the pieces. The "Polka" made the most decided "hit" of the evening, and was applauded as rapturously after, as before the encore. A Waltz, by Dudley Buck, which had never before been given in public by the Club, pleased the audience, though it was sung very unevenly and is a rather ordinary composition. The tenor solo was finely sung and well received. Mozart's "Violet" was given for the encore. The College songs were...
...Concert Waltz . . . . . . . . D. BOCK...