Word: honorability
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...place of honor on the programme was justly given to the wonderful Introduction and Finale from Wagner's favorite and best music-drama, Tristan. The despair of hopeless love has never been, and perhaps will never again be so well expressed in tones as here. But in interpreting it the chief defect of Thomas's orchestra was revealed. This glowing, passionate composition loses much in effectiveness by being played in such a measured and nicely calculated concert style. The whole opera is like one wild tumultuous torrent of ungovernable passion, and must be played a l' abandon, and with...
...Blakey ought to be adhered to, and that any attempt to shirk the payment of the mortgage - a mortgage which is not such a swindle as it is popularly supposed to be - would only result in the loss of our time and money, to say nothing of our honor and credit...
...word must be said about the peculiar principles of honor that govern the actions of some men, who damage the boats seriously, and then refuse to pay for the repairs. No organization, however perfect, can present a good financial report when it has men of this class among its members...
...vote at all, and who, almost without exception, opposed the sending of a crew. Now, the inevitable conclusion one arrives at is, that there is no use in trying to conceal the fact that the class is disunited, and, laying aside all considerations of honor or expense, the broad fact stares us in the face that only ninety-nine men out of two hundred and forty, came forth as advocates of a Freshman crew...
...fully brought out. It requires some self-denial to follow out a steady course of training through the winter months, but this is the true secret of success. Let '81 take a proper interest in the matter, and she will send an eight against Cornell which will do her honor...