Word: worded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with which he overcomes all difficulties, it is hardly necessary to speak. His interpretation of the concerto is individual and displays the same calmness and self-control which is characteristic of his technique. Still, fire and spirit are not wanting, making the performance eminently satisfactory. The cadenzas deserve a word of notice. They are both original, and while the first is not always in keeping with the character of the movement in which it appears, the second is really a masterpiece...
...instructor in sophomore themes conceived the commendable idea of passing the themes round to the students for perusal and criticism. This was to have been kept up throughout the year, unless it proved too complicated. One set of themes was thus distributed, and no more. That was all. No word of explanation was offered in regard to the sudden change. Now, there is no doubt that most of the criticisms were absurd and severe, and probably did neither the writer nor the men of whose work it was written any good; but the ideas obtained from reading the work...
...some formula, the club's watchword is uttered over them. But this wholesale absorption is by no means the only occasion which the students take to empty a glass at one draught. If a newly initiated member, - a so-called "Fuchs" is present and becomes at all "fresh" in word or deed, an elder member need only beckon to him or call out "Bierjunge," when his glass is refilled and he has to empty it in face of the whole company. This is considered a great humiliation and amounts to asking everybody's pardon for his behavior. If, however...
...connection with the lecture of Tuesday evening we would also say a word about the arrangements for lighting the reading desk in Sever 11. The gas jets are so arranged as to throw their full glare on the lecturer's face and eyes, so that it is painful to read or speak from the platform. It is very disagreeable, too, for the audience to be compelled to watch the speaker in his struggle with the light. A drop-light could easily be furnished. It would give relief both to the lecturer and to his hearers...
...report having spread abroad that Professor Thompson would lecture at the invitation of the faculty, that worthy body hastened to correct the mistake, and disclaimed any official connection with the eloquent advocate of protective tariffs. "Yale still stands by Professor Sumner and his free trade doctrines." comes the word from New Haven. Quite in contrast with this narrow policy is the liberal course which Harvard has pursued. Although our professors are nearly all free traders, nevertheless, Professor Thompson was last year appointed lecturer on protection. Which policy is best calculated to influence students in a search after truth and knowledge...