Word: standardness
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...fewer of the failings of amateurs than we have ever known it to have. While this is due in large measure to the excellent training administered by Mr. Forchheimer, who is apparently quite at home in the mysteries of an orchestral score, still it is evident that the standard of individual excellence is much higher than it has been in former years, and that the orchestra contains a larger number of performers of high merit, who give it a certainty and solidity which has not always been noticeable. It is also a very gratifying fact that it has not been...
...times until they get the style of writing demanded, they would be able to produce occasional articles which would be accepted by the "Lampoon." Surely in a university of 1500 men, there is more than one man who is able and willing to contribute to keep up the high standard of Harvard wit and humour hither-to displayed by the "Lampoon...
...indications for lacrosse next year are that the team which have to play better than ever college team has done before. In beginning its winter work in the gymnasium then, our team must start off with the clear understanding that they must improve upon the standard of our play in preceding years. Time was when about all the scientific knowledge of lacrosse that existed among the colleges was held at Harvard. Our twelves had a system of team playing when our rivals had practically none; and, in consequence of this superiority, although we were sometimes deficient in other respects, notably...
...they would not play. And upon this the captain of the team at the last moment-Thursday night-telegraphed to Harvard that there would be no game. Now in every one of these steps the Freshmen were wholly in the wrong, and by no means up to the proper standard of fair dealing. It was an utterly inexcusable act on the part of the three men in question to refuse to play, because the time did not suit them; especially when by so doing they weakened the team very seriously. It was an error of judgment on the part...
...twenty members of the Shooting Club who met at Watertown yesterday were favored with conditions which ought to have made it an easy task to run up clean scores on the tally sheets. For some reason, however, the shooting fell below the standard reached a fortnight ago, though the figures shown at the close of the afternoon's work were fairly creditable. The matches of yesterday were of importance, being the last competition but one in the current series; the result of the shooting serving to show approximately how the chances stand on the final award of prizes. Everything went...