Word: string
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Alger's "The Snapping of the Bow-String" is suggestive in parts of Thomas Hardy. Its rustic coloring, its imaginative interpretation of external nature is quite masterful; only when the story analyses powerful human emotion and its results, is unconvincingness approached. Then it tends either to exaggeration or melodrama. If R. P. Bellow's "The Hoaxing of Truesdale Bynner" is more facile and interesting, as literature it promises less for the writer's future. But both stories have an atmosphere of serious literary intention that the Advocate would do well to cultivate more...
...dinner of the Delta Upsilon association of New England will be held at the United States Hotel, Saturday evening, Feb. 26. President Eliot and Governor Powers of Maine, will speak. The Harvard string quartette will play and Charles Williams '99, will give impersonations. All present and past members of the D. U. from any college are cordially invited and will please notify F. L. Waldo, Thayer 41, of their intention to be present. Price per plate...
...first of the rehearsals of the new college string quartette of undergraduates was held at the house of Dean Briggs last evening before a few members of the University, and proved highly successful. The quartette is made up of C. S. Oakman 1900, first violin; H. R. Johnson 1900, second violin; F. L. Waldo '98, viola, and E. Sachs 1900, 'cello...
...house of Professor Briggs, on Friday evening, Feburary 18, a string quartette of undergraduates is to give an open rehearsal for certain invited students and professors. This rehearsal is the first of a series of six or eight which it is hoped will be given for members of the University. The programme for this initial performance is: Mozart, quartette in D. major; Schubert, Andante and Variations from the D minor quartette; Haydn, quartette in G major...
...Paul's Society will formally open the Workingmen's Reading Room tonight at 8 o'clock, at 1068 Washington street, Boston. There will be the addresses already announced and music will be furnished by the Harvard Christian Association Quartet, the College band and a string quartette...