Word: mannerizes
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...Alas! what a horrible destiny! But ought they not to be rescued? Ought not the system to be abolished, and our instructors saved? A few more years of this diet of so many husks and so few kernels, a few more years of exposure to this book of awful manner, matter, and style, and what will become of our professors...
Fourth, As to the treatment of different classes. Peculiar attention will be given to the movements of the Sophomore class. They will always be spoken of in a dignified and respectful manner. Their witticisms will be chronicled in full-faced type. The Junior class will be mildly sat upon, and the Senior condescendingly patted on the head as "the diligent class...
...under allowed. Musically their success could scarcely have been greater; and the criticisms in the New York papers especially complimented them on the careful practice and training shown in their glees, some of which were very much more difficult music than they have usually attempted. The Faculty forbade any manner of advertising of the concert, and would not even permit items to be inserted in the papers, mentioning the date of the performance. Many who would have been glad to go knew nothing of the concert until the next day, and many who did hear of it could...
...orchestra did excellent work in the performance of this number, as also in their rendering of the Andante and Menuet from Mozart. Miss Ita Welsh sang "The Captive" by Berlioz, and an Aria from Mozart's Figaro, in a very tasteful manner; the last of these was particularly appreciated by the audience, and won a merited encore. The first is a very remarkable piece of tone-painting, in which the orchestration of the accompaniment plays an prominent part as a means of interpreting the text...
MORAL.(In the manner of Mr. Gilbert...