Word: wind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Mendelssohn's Overture "Midsummer night's Dream" came first on the programme. It opens with four simple chords by the wood wind and these chords occur several times after the different themes and form the closing passage. The first theme is given by the violins and taken up then by the other instruments which carry it to a rapid crescendo. After the four chords a similar theme is given by the bass. All through the overture there are beautiful harmonies which Mr. Nikisch brought out with great skill...
...Pierian Sodality was decidedly at its best. Schubert's "Marche Militaire" was admirably played, with unusual conciseness and spirit. The club was not so good in "At Midnight" The playing lacked precision, the strings were not always in unison and the wood wind was sometimes at fault. The waltz "Preciosa" was almost faultlessly played; the brass was judiciady used and the trombone was well managed. In fact the brass and wood instruments were played with much better judgement and skill than they ever have been before. They were never obtrusive. All the skill of the club was called...
...drizzling storm, half snow, half rain, interrupted the goal kicking contest. The ball was wet, Jarvis field was slippery, and on the whole the conditions for good kicking were very unsatisfactory. The wind, being rather strong and gusty, added to the unfavorable conditions. Although the +++rials from the two nearest distances were completed, the results will not be counted, but the whole contest will be postponed to the first...
Play began shortly after two o'clock with W. A. Brooks of Harvard as referee, and S. V. Coffin of Wesleyan, umpire. Princeton won the toss and took the wind giving Yale the ball. L. Bliss made 9 yards on the wedge, to which "Pop" Bliss added 4 through the centre. The ball was then passed to L. Bliss, who, guarded by Butterworth, C. D. Bliss and Hinkey got around the right end, and scored a touchdown just one minute and fifty-seven seconds after the beginning of the game. Butterworth kicked the goal; score Yale 6, Princeton 0. During...
...annual shoot of the Harvard and Yale Gun Clubs, held on the grounds of the Springfield Shooting Club at Springfield Saturday morning, resulted in a decisive victory for Harvard. The weather and wind were favorable; but the traps were wretched, often breaking the birds or 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...