Word: indistinct
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...most capable and amusing acting of the evening was that of F. W. Taft '07. S. Crowell '09 enters well into his part, but is heavy when he should be light. In his elocution C. N. Eaton '08 was unpardonably indistinct. R. D. Murphy '08 and H. L. Murphy '08 have the best voices and there songs were among the best...
...spirited opening choruses to the light individual songs. These songs naturally follow the development of the plot and are tuneful and catchy, especially "Lucretia," "Marjorie Dale," "The Wedding of the Widow and the Jew," and the spinning song. The fault in several of the other songs was the indistinct enunciation of the words...
There is just enough local color in two of the five contributions to the November Illustrated Magazine to save the whole number from a failure. The illustrations--the principal reason for the existence of the magazine--are, excepting the frontispiece, diminutive, indistinct and ordinary. The review of the football season is choppy and not always in good English; while "The Spirit of Football" is pointless from first line to last. Though timely in choice of topic, the editorials are inadequate in treatment and betray an attempt at force by the too common artifice of writing...
...lines with fluency and acted the part of the eccentric in good style. A. C. Champollion and Haviland articulated the French verse in perhaps the best style. The acting of K. H. Gibson, playing the difficult part of the old countess, was exceedingly good, but his articulation was indistinct from his constant attempt to imitate the shrill treble of an old lady. With the exception of F. B. Thompson and L. de Koven, the acting was rather suppressed in the attempt to give the French accent and intonation correctly. E. C. Edson as Leandre, the timid...