Word: metropolitanism
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...This impression would be more unfortunate, were it not that the writer's information was so inaccurate. The facts are: (1) By forcing the Director's resignation the Museum lost and New York gained one of the most distinguished men in the country, a man who has given the Metropolitan the place the Museum of Fine Arts wished to have, and which now it never can have. (2) The architect originally chosen, after months of detailed labor, had his work taken from him, and he was made the consulting architect. When he realized that he was not deceived...
Then follows a severe condemnation of the fair Cornellians who have caused the "degeneration" of the library, who have prevented a professor from entering his office by holding a "nose-powdering festival" on the threshold, and estranged the Metropolitan press by singing football songs on a New York ferry-boat. But this is not all. "Cornell is and always has been essentially not only a man's but a he-man's' school." If something is not done at once "Cornell will face an overthrow." That's the real danger an overthrow...
...dancing, with seven different specialty numbers, is diverse and ample, Queenic Smith, whose technique be-speaks her earlier training with the Metropolitan Opera Company, features in several song and dance numbers and caps her performance with a solo too dance specialty which was the hit of the evening. A "Divertissement" by Mr. Piatou and Miss Kitchen, who is of the Marylyn Miller and Helen Hayes type, is by far the best specialty dance seen in Boston this year. Miss MacKay, whose youthful beauty appeals to the eye, should not have her efforts passed by without praise...
...Soloists of the highest repute in the musical world will appear at each concert, performing both alone and in conjunction with the Glee Club. Albert Spaulding, the brilliant American violinist, will play at the first concert. In the February concert, Frieda Hempel, the famous prima donna formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Company, will appear. The final concert will be with Fritz Kreisler, whose performance with the club last year will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed...
...race was run over the Cemetery Course as far as the further end of the Metropolitan club race track on the Charles River bank, and then home along the road. The first four men to finish took the lead at the start and held it over the entire course. They finished well in advance of the fifth man. The race between the first four was very keen and ended with a spirited sprint...