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...noise is not all. There are two technical points that make all the difference between a dull, heavy roar and spirited singing. Roll every r: "rrrip 'em thrrrough!" And sing as staccato as possible by putting an h before each vowel. Really "Hit the line for Harvard;" make "The cheers frrrom the Harvard hosts rrring high" mean something; and on the last line of the Marseillaise don't sing a feeble "Anon to victory," but a short, snappy prophetic: "hon hon to victory." ABBOTT LOW MOFFAT...
...Forza del Destino: unfortunately is clumsily put together. The plot is dull, the music to a great extent uninteresting. The revival was entirely justified, however, by two exceeding impressive pieces of composition. The overture, which preceded the prologue, was a gloriously romantic combination of contrasting motifs, which in itself told the story of the opera, more interesting than the piece itself. The second act, a scene in a monastery, was both musically and dramatically effective. The composition here was in Verdi's more religious vein, and this, through the medium of a well trained chorus was presented most satisfactorily...
...pass the entrance examinations with an average grade of, say, 80 or 85', should be admitted without further examination, providing, of course, they are of good moral character." If enough scholars applied the enrollment limit might be reached but the fact is that most of us are too dull to enter so easily. Although the university's aim may be to mould men, under this plan the scholar is still given the place of honor...
...time has gone when the newspaper man is the avowed enemy of the University. Petty anti-college prejudices have passed with the progress of American education. What was once considered smart has become cheap. The jokes on the college man are passing with those state and insufferably dull stories of the absent-minded professor. So much for the question general...
...youthful ideals were founded on nothing--apparently. The method of presentation is very similar to that used by Mrs. Rinehart in her sub-deb stories; the chief difference is that the sub-deb stories were intentionally funny. Told in the first person, the book is not altogether dull, but is full of many incidents that are absurd and often amusing. There seems to be no true sense of value--perhaps Miss Kelley is trying to show that city-life is apt to throw things out of proportion--but at times one is annoyed by the emphasis that is put upon...