Word: characterizes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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One cause is inevitably fostered by our college life. Dr. Charles W. Eliot calls it "a preference on the part of both men and women for freedom from care and responsibility, and for passing pleasures rather than solid satisfaction." It cannot be denied that our indolent college life, with its...
"A picturesque figure," Professor Palmer has written, "has left us, a prodigious scholar, a stimulating teacher, a heroic character, a playful and widely-loved friend." And at the close--"That elvish figure, with the unconventional dress and slouching step, that face which blended the infant and sage, that total personality...
The prose is more interesting, but not much more startling, and it has the same curiously generalized character as the verse. The editorials and the reviews, of course, are topical, but most of the stories, if one cut out an occasional reference to ambulances or fox-trots, might have been...
As its title suggests, "L'Aventurier" portrays the life of an adventurer whose character is sympathetically studied. Gueroy, a manufacturer in Paris, hears from Andre, a young politician, that there is to be a serious political crisis in Paris over disturbances in the African provinces, caused by a wealthy adventurer...
Last year the financial statement showed a loss of seven thousand dollars. One might think by this that the Union is not used by undergraduates. On the contrary, the membership and the daily use of the many assembly rooms for meetings of every character uphold the belief of its invaluable...