Word: cleared
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Glee Club draws but five men on an average from each class; surely, there would be enough vocal material left in the class to form a tolerable class Glee Club. A moderately good one, moreover, would be sufficient endorsement of the plan. The advantages of such a scheme are clear; first, the pleasure afforded to the college; and secondly, the pleasure and practice gained by the members of the various clubs themselves. Of the latter, there can be no doubt; while to the other, we who have listened with delight to the - alas, too few concerts of our University Glee...
...will each appoint two or three members who shall act as an executive committee from the four classes and shall have charge of minimizing, as much as possible, the number of existing abuses. It might be advisable for them to hire a special officer who shall keep the yard clear of muckers and objectionable persons. If this plan of appointing a committee from each class at the regular class meeting in the autumn is not feasible, some other and better plan may be adopted in its place. Something must be done, but we would advise deferring all action...
...wretched notes that are now being sold around college, demand more than the passing imprecations of those who buy and have to read them. Their worthlessness should be made a matter of public notice. In what this consists, is clear to all who have had any experience with them, i. e. bad spelling, lack of coherence, and indistinct type so that parts are with difficulty legible. But this subject immediately leads us to a more serious matter, the whole system of buying and selling notes. Few stop to think what an evil this is or to what it might lead...
...Write in a straightforward narrative style; make your meaning clear...
...Croswell gives a charming sketch of the old Greek epigrammatist. The second meaty article in this number is Mr. Houghton's admirable review of the poet Browning's work. The criticism is very thorough and taken from no one-sided standpoint either. It is given in Mr. Houghton's clear manner and is a strong addition to the columns of the Monthly...