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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...which the Lampoon was shot forth on its joyous way, the time of '86-'87 in which the Monthly was launched with high hopes and ambitions, and the time of '95-'96 in which again there seemed to be an overplus of writers so brilliant that editors in chief could hardly set their standards too high. Between these periods the spirit of literature has sometimes seemed to nap, and the offerings to the editors have not seemed bursting with the promise of a new epoch of letters in America...

Author: By J. H. Gardiner., | Title: The December Monthly. | 12/4/1903 | See Source »

...Yeats, who is touring this country under the management of the Irish Literary Society of New York, is a well-known writer of poetry and prose. Hem is the editor of several collections of fairy and folk tales and is an accomplished playwright. He was one of the chief organizers of the Irish Literary Theatre, and is the president of the organization which succeeded it--the Irish National Theatre Society. An illustrated article on "William Butler Yeats," by Isabel Moore, appears in the December issue of the "Bookman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LECTURE BY MR. W. B. YEATS. | 12/1/1903 | See Source »

...many generations manuscripts and books have been the accepted means of transmitting knowledge, and keeping the records of our race; and so writings and printed books, with buildings, have been the chief resources of a university. John Harvard founded Harvard College with his library and *800; but now museums, as well as books, are essential to the work of any university. They are peculiarly necessary in an American university; for we are a new conglomerate people, in a fresh land which has no monuments that are not recent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GERMANIC MUSEUM OPENING. | 11/11/1903 | See Source »

...many of the positions. The game with the University of Maine on October 3 and the defeat by Andover a week later showed an unexpected but very decided slump, and those characteristics which have been and are today the weak points of the team then made their first appearance. Chief among the defects is the lack of fight when the opponents are carrying the ball, which was very conspicuous, in last Saturday's game with Carlisle. The defense, it would seem, is as yet wholly inadequate to withstand a vigorous attack by strong opponents. On the offence, the work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Team. | 11/7/1903 | See Source »

ficult even yet to form an adequate estimate of the team's worth. On the offense the chief defects are uncertainty in starting, lack of aggressiveness of the line, and fumbling by the backs; and in the Brown game a new weakness was present--wretched interference on end plays. On the defense the team has improved considerably, notably in the increased ability to analyze quickly the opponents' play. Poor team work has been one of the unavoidable results of the team's slow development, and it will be interesting to note from the play in today's game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CARLISLE INDIANS TODAY AT 3. | 10/31/1903 | See Source »

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