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...facts of the case." But we question the completeness of his knowledge of all the salient facts. After placing melody as the "divinest element" in music, he continues: "The next most important element in dramatic music is dissonance. The more acute the dissonance, the more intense the emotional effect." We are not sure what he means by this, but take it that he has reference to passages containing complex harmonies and unusual or complicated progressions. But therein, as the composer knows, the separate chords may not be dissonances; on the contrary, they must be capable of strict analysis, otherwise they...
...call is issued this morning for candidates for the University debating teams. The importance of this competition cannot be over-estimated. Last year a new ruling by the University Debating Council went into effect and was designed to open more places on the teams to undergraduates by restricting the number open to members of the graduate schools. The effect of this provision was of course to discourage competition from graduate students, but on the other hand it did not stimulate undergraduate interest. As a result the debating teams fared badly and failed against their opponents, Princeton and Yale...
...intellectual competition in which members of different universities meet. To excel in this form of intellectual competition has always been Harvard's aim and accomplishment, and so the double defeat last year when the new plan to make debating more of an undergraduate activity was first put into effect was exceedingly disappointing. Good debating teams can be produced only after severe competition to determine the best material and prolonged drilling to train that material. Therefore, if Harvard is to be successful this year in this form of intercollegiate activity, it behooves all men in the University, and particularly...
...Congress, which received the signature of the president. Every Monday for more than a month not only Wall street but the leading trade interests of the country have awaited a ruling by the Supreme Court in the Minnesota rate case which, as is expected, will have a tonic effect on business...
...have its hands full in winning tonight's game. Being the first one of the series, it is extremely important that it should be a victory, and if the team wins it will be the result of the hardest kind of fighting. The expert coaching which has shown its effect in the consistent playing of this year and the splendid fighting spirit, as displayed in the uphill victory over Princeton, will bring a victory tonight if it is a possibility...