Word: big
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...bulk of the number is as usual made up of fiction. "The Big Violin" by L. Simonson does not realize the possibilities of a good idea. Mr. Simonson sought to show in a stolid Teuton character the triumph of idealism over a materialistic environment, in connection with the conjuring of a masculine spirit out of a bass viol. He finally puts into the mouth of his chief speaker an expression of confidence in this triumph which his readers will hardly share. The characters are flimsy, the narrative is not well articulated, and the style is crude. If one must quote...
...big is this living monument today? By the most recent computations it is about 13,000 in number, all men who have here come under the inspiration of Harvard University, and received its degrees. The number recognized by the Harvard Athletic Association and the Alumni Association is greater and includes all men who have ever been at Harvard. Of these there are 18,000, banded together as a great, living Harvard force in the Alumni Association...
...Harvard, Cutler, Crowley, Harding, and Minot distinguished themselves. Harding's defensive work was excellent, and on the offense he opened up big holes...
...understand that Dartmouth college is coming to Cambridge today with the firm expectation of seeing their team victorious. Every effort has been directed toward this their last and most important game of the season, while Harvard still has to look forward to its big contest. We realize that nothing we can say will lead them to abandon their convictions, but we expect our team to gradually disillusionize them this afternoon. For several weeks the University team has failed to display the playing of which it is capable. We have the coaches and the players who can produce a strong team...
...routine football practice would be improved by mass meetings in the Stadium, as is suggested by a communication. The team is usually too busy with the work of the day to care to be distracted by watching the evolution of some new song. On the day before a big game, when the team is merely given light exercise, a demonstration of the kind referred to in the communication is an excellent thing, but football practice and singing practice will both be more successful if kept separate...