Word: unfamiliar
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...subject of Mr. Gilbreth's lecture, "Motion Study as Applied to Industry," as announced for this evening in the calendar, is a new and rather unfamiliar one it may be well to explain it a little...
...this does not contradict the presumption that had a new song been written last year with the necessary vitality of rhythm adaptable to a large chorus it would have been taken up with an enthusiasm which the old stand-bys will soon fail to command. Half-hearted singing of unfamiliar songs is even worse than half-hearted cheering and infinitely more depressing. Last year it seemed as though the committee in charge of the competition were determined to gain something besides experience from their efforts, and accordingly chose five contributions by the elimination process, retaining these five as there...
...often the case that undertakings of this nature are viewed somewhat askance by persons unfamiliar with the real situation and these receptions are provided to avoid such delusions. The unsolicited halo which in the past has surrounded the House and the men who have had interests there is being worn off a little more each year and the tendency to shy at any object or being associated with Brooks House is no longer evident. The reason is that men have been made to appreciate the value of the work undertaken there and the necessity of its being carried forward...
...second time Miss Adams captured an enthusiastic audience in Sanders Theatre last night in her performance of "Twelfth Night." As might be expected, all the actors showed a greater assurance in reciting their lines, and were manifestly far more at their ease on the hitherto unfamiliar Elizabethan stage. Although the demonstration on the part of the audience was not so marked as on the preceding night, the performance brought round after round of applause, to which Miss Adams responded with a brief speech in front of the curtain...
...years, it will be necessary for every one to learn the songs by heart. Many make no effort to do this, trusting that the words will be memorized by frequent practice. The result often is that when the Yale game comes, the new songs must still be sung, like unfamiliar hymns, from slips of paper. If there were no better reason for not putting this off until the last minute, a feeling of pride should spare us the torture of listening to extemporaneous songs...