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...chief fault comes from a lack of rehearsals. A singer will not agree with the orchestra about the tempo. Ensembles will not move along together, with a resultant flagging of gait. The action, too, is apt to be unsynchronized. It is perhaps over much to expect that a troupe charging a modest fee shall go in extravagantly for such expensive things as rehearsals...
...whom he says this is one who has done a perishable work. How about him who seeks to build solidly but falls? The work that he has not done is left undone, but if this be from lack of tools or opportunity, and not from negligence or moral fault, he can expect to hear the judgement, "well done, good and faithful servant", for that comes as the reward not of success, but of moral effort...
Newspapers state that millions of dollars of Gothic art has been imported into this country. " Where is it hiding ? " asks M. Gimpel. He has one fault to find with Gothic art in America, there is too little. What little there is, is authentic, says the connoisseur after visiting the ten largest museums between New York and Minneapolis...
Really, it is hard to find fault with any part. Careful examination reveals one incorrect title and two or three photographs which did not come through the engraving process with complete success. These defects are mentioned to show that the reviewer is impartial, and with the hope that the sincerity of his praise will be undoubted...
...plan remedies the latter fault by reapportioning the required C's more equally--three C's for each of the first three years, and the remaining two and one-half for the Senior year. At the same time, the higher Freshman standard will put new men to a severer test in quality though not in quantity, so that they will be obliged to put forth their best efforts at once, and be keyed up to better work when they become Sophomores...