Word: americanisms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...will fill a long-felt want. The average foreigner has been all too likely to become an outsider in everything but name, through no fault of his own and no fault of the other students. The foreigner, with different points of view, has not been encouraged to approach his American classmates, whose ideas and ideals he cannot altogether understand. The undergraduates on the other land have become absorbed in their own interests and overlooked the presence of those who have come so far to join the ranks of Harvard...
...directors of the hall would also be glad to receive, either personally or through your columns, any suggestions, especially on the following matters: 1. Should the American plan be adopted at the hall? 2. Should the European plan be adopted at the hall? 3. Are large dining associations desirable at Harvard? 4. What can be done to secure again the patronage of the Faculty? 5. What can be done to secure again the patronage of the club men? CLARENCE C. COLBY 3L., President...
...remarkable man-I would like to have him stay for ten years at the head of the Orchestra"; and, as Dr. Muck was unable to speak on account of a cold, also expressed his thanks for the reception by the Verein, and his gratitude to the American people for the kindly consideration with which they have heard his music...
...current number of the Advocate is in many was a worthy and even remarkable product of the undergraduate literary mind. There is throughout a note of maturity, due no doubt to the peculiar atmosphere of Harvard as contrasted with other universities. The main editorial, dealing with the American stage through the medium of a lecture by Mr. Percy MacKaye, is a thoughtful and unusually serious statement of modern dramatic effort. If somewhat idealistic in tone, we must remember that the idealism of youth becomes oftentimes the truth of age. The quotation from Arnold is significant: "Organize the theatre! The theatre...
...stories, "American Beauties" and "The Great Question," are somewhat alike in containing excellent ideas and sharply-drawn characters, yet falling in workmanlike construction. Regarded from this point of view, their amateur authorship is plain. But the Swedish servant, whose one accomplishment is milking reindeer, and the stumbling thoughts of the rose-growing old lady contain many striking touches...