Word: charme
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...three main stories, "Sophomores Three" is easily the most readable. It has quaintness and charm, qualities not often found in college periodicals. "A Money-making Scheme" is a novel incident amusingly described with a good deal of college atmosphere. The author of "An Indiana Pioneer" evidently knows his ground thoroughly and has covered it well...
...soon afterwards he wrote "Esther," a tragedy drawn from Holy Writ. Inspired by his biblical material Racine wrote "Athalie" his masterpiece, but owing to the intervention of the spiritual advision of the school, the first performances of the play were stripped of their beauty and left cold without the charm of costumes or the splendid music that should always accompany...
...Scull '98 has one of his strong but ugly Western sketches, entitled "A Little Turn from the Road." The story is characteristically vivid. A spark of sentiment shines throngh the drizzle of the weather and the unpleasantness of the characters. In the same vein, but with decidely more charm and less intenseness, is "An Emigration in the West," by a new contributor to the "Advocate," H. Sayre...
...consists of a gold watch charm in the shape of an old Greek coin. The obverse of the coin bears in relief the head of Demosthenes, and the reverse is to be engraved with the name and class of the debater, together with the debate and date thereof in which he took part. As there was no profile view of Demosthenes obtainable it was necessary to make a drawing from one of the busts on exhibition at the Yale Art School...
...vivacity of feeling and expression formed in him a delightful combination with breadth and tenderness of sympathy, genial humor, clear intelligence and keen wit. There was nothing commonplace about him. His aspect, bearing, and expression were distinguished by a strongly marked originality and simplicity which added a special charm to his intercourses, and gave a peculiar flavor to his pervasive humor. His nature was frank and open, and in case of need his opinions were uttered with great vigor and certainty; but he shrank from display and avoided public distinctions. He was totally free from self-conceit...