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Setting the top in motion with his hands he took a string and by throwing the top in the air, and catching it on its peg in a loop of the string be kept it continually spinning. Once the top went so high as to strike the rafters supporting the roof but it was caught nevertheless. He then walked around the hall keeping the top spinning all the time and throwing it over his head, under his legs and behind his back. The spectators were greatly pleased with the exhibition and Kishimoto received much applause...
...Francis A. Walker gave "A string of war stories" at the University Club smoke talk, Friday evening...
...throwing them two low. The match started off with blackbirds but as the supply ran out the shooting was finished with ordinary clays. A feature of the match was the splendid work of Gould and Sargent for Harvard; both made 25 out of a possible 30 on the two strings, and the latter made 15 consecutive hits on his second string...
...idea of stringed instruments can be traced back to the time of Homer, who pictures one of his heroes with a bow, which he uses not only as a weapon, but also as a means of producing pleasant sounds. The mode of producing these sounds, picking the strings, is the basis of most of the string instruments, up to the pianoforte. The other mode of striking the strings a blow, was employed by the Assyrians, and later was made use of in the piano...
...opportunity of which many of the students take advantage, but which very many others fail to recognize. For a number of years past there have been given a series of six or eight orchestral concerts in Sanders Theatre by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; and lately the Kneisel String Quartette have taken to giving chamber concerts in Brattle Hall. To say that the height of perfection in orchestral and chamber music is reached at these concerts is hardly an exaggeration. The Kneisel Quartette is considered by musical critics to be one of the very finest string quartettes in the world...