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...Spelman writes entertainingly of the opera of the future and presumes that his discussion is based on a "careful examination of the 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...
...establishment of such an intercollegiate competition is certainly very desirable, and its application would not be difficult. Any plan that is bound to increase undergraduate interest in scholarship and literary work is meritorious. This suggestion, if carried out, would have this influence, because it introduces the element of competition with an old and respected rival. It furnishes a definite and practical goal, which undergraduates would feel to be tangible and well worth striving after. Then, too, although the proposal has a financial aspect, and donations are scarce when new libraries and other buildings are going up, its practical application would...
...this been the first instance of its kind. I have been present several times during the present scholastic year at undergraduate meetings when Colonel Roosevelt's name was mentioned and hissed by a certain element in the meeting. Mr. Editor, I think the time has come when those of us who are jealous of the honor and the reputation of our University should lift our voices in protest. Perhaps we could afford to let men who are incapable of indicating their disapproval of a man and his policies in a more gentlemanly and dignified way place appraisal upon themselves...
...temperamental young artist, Henri Duval, in ridding himself of his highly irritating mother-in-law, Madame Bonivard. To this end he sacrifices his wife, Diane, and marrying again, finds out to his extreme dismay, that the widowed father of his new wife, has brought back the disturbing element by marrying Diane. The extrication of all concerned from this dilemma is the final event of the play...
This introduces the element of the walking distance." There was originally a proposal to locate the Union on Massachusetts avenue between the Yard and the Gold Coast, where every undergraduate of high or low degree would have fallen over it several times a day, for it is surprising how a four-minute walk deters able-bodied boys: The more attractive Quincy-street site was chosen, and the building is, consequently, off the main-travelled paths...