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Sweeping generalizations, slap-dash impressions and random notions calmly labelled "facts," all delivered pell-mell in a kind of word-storm, seriously impair the value of the article "Wagner--After the Noise of Battle," by H. K. Moderwell '12. For example, if anyone of the ancient objections to Wagner's voiceparts. has been amply refuted by the experience of the last forty years, it is that they "tend to tear his singers to pieces," as the author of this article affirms. It has, on the contrary, been observed again and again that the only singers whose voices have been seriously...
...still clamoring for place), predicts an easy victory, provided Bennett does not finish his three-thirty in time to relieve Blackall in the box. He and his men were a picturesque sight yesterday afternoon taking their workout on Soldiers Field; they hope in case of victory today to slap their gloves in the faces of the Verein, the Cercle, and last, their old friend Lampy, himself his sweetest joke...
...best male singer heard here in operetta for the past few years, with the exception of Orville Harold. The other members of the cast are familiar musical-comedy figures. It is a distinct relief to find a piece, the libretto of which does not suffer from the injection of slap-stick and futile appeals to the powers below, and in spite of the cold reception "Gypsy Love" received in New York, doubtless for this very reason, it is the best operetta seen this season. One may take a girl to it without remorse...
...members of the class. Also the elections will be held under the Australian ballot system at the Lodge of the 1877 Gate. Thus, not only will the voters have an opportunity to consider, propose and finally elect the best men, but a decent formality will be given a hitherto slap-dash election...
...desire soon to be considered mature, serious or buried in thought. It is his belief that, since it would be weak for him to make the first advance, it is better to rouse a man's cough by the chilliness of his presence than by a hearty slap on the back. The baneful effect of such a habit of mind upon the individual and upon the spirit of the institution is not difficult to see. With diffidence and deservedness carried to an extreme, the opportunities to appreciate new sides in the nature of an acquaintance--which are only...