Word: charm
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...drawing is at once broad and sure; his characterization is, excellent. In "The Territorial", in Veterans of the Marne", and in "The Family With Whom I Lived in Soissons", it is the vivid rendering of types,--be they Yanks, Zouaves, Moroccans, Poilus or peasants,--which gives the book charm and significance. It is a high-hearted book, both verse and pictures making the best of a bad business...
Fiction in the May number upholds, on the whole, the standard. The verse is strong evidence of accomplishment and of promise. Mr. Botkin's "Rondel" is distinguished for simplicity and charm...
Undoubtedly these points are indisputable. But it must be equally evident that regulation can only extend to college activities; clubs, dances and the theatre will have lost none of their charm. The practice of holding competitions provides an automatic check on usurpation in itself; an energetic man must surely find a field for his endeavors if he cares to strive for it under the present system...
Captain Andre Morize, now Assistant Professor of French Literature at the University will open the exhibition this afternoon with a speech. To that charm of manner which used to make even a discussion of sand-bagged parapets attractive a year ago, Captain Morize now adds a very complete knowledge of the field of French art, and will know and feel whereof he speaks. As usual, we are confident that Captain Morize's talk will be well attended by undergraduates...
...slush. Even the wildest extremes of Bolshevik art fail to stir those of us who have gazed upon Memorial Hall. On the whole, the case for Bolshevism has thus far been presented in an unfavorable light. Now, however, the Hasty Pudding seeks to portray for us the glamor and charm of Bolshevism, while tactfully avoiding the unpleasant technicalities of the subject. And what, pray, is the result? This Bolshevik advance agent commits the crowning folly of his clown-like career by politely declining the aid of the Hasty Pudding's marked dramatic talent. Although our faith in the efficiency...