Word: brightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prospects of the cricket eleven of next spring are bright, as not only have several members of last year's team returned to college, but many promising men also entered the University last fall...
...different dramatic complexion is Ford. If Webster terrifies, Ford causes tears; yet parts of his plays are delightful. Jonson is more difficult to understand. His works show a fine intelligence, much cleverness, and a good deal of art, his dialogues being especially bright and interesting. Comedy owes him a great debt in that he was the first to make conspicuous the idea of suggesting whole characters by means of a few characteristic traits. It is customary to regard him as the beginning of the decline of the drama, but it is perhaps fairer to say that with him artificial comedy...
...question of local color is the hardest that comes to the artist. Things are not really the way they look. When we paint for example a summer scene, putting in all the rich greens and other bright colors, we get nothing approaching the true effect. Those artists who have been most successful in catching the salient points of a scene and in making it all true, use always soft colors, gray and yellow ochre. The best examples of this sort of work are the wonderful paintings of Cazin...
Much is being said at this time about Harvard's baseball prospects this season and the general impression is that they are not very bright. To this we agree. There is danger, however, that if this matter is looked at too critically and talked about too much, the situation will become worse. If the captain of the team has to begin the season feeling that no one believes the team can win, probably he can never make it win. The difficulty must be clearly seen but must not be exaggerated. To give up hope at this time is cowardly...
...outlook for the junior crew is not very bright. Nearly all of last year's winning eight are working with the varsity. Some of the new men who have come out look big and strong but as a rule they are awkward and do not seem to take to the work naturally. Briggs, Stackpole, and Davis have done most of the coaching...