Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Puck and Judge, its "fellow confederates," as it terms them. The centre picture is an impressionistic sketch by T. M. Hastings '98, of the "race from Marathon to Station." The full page drawing by C. H. L. Johnton '99, of the rush from English A, is a very clever bit of caricature drawing and a very clever picture of that glimpse of "animal life." On the whole it is agood number and up to the usual standard...
Harvard did not get beyond first base in the first inning. In the second Stevenson was given a base on balls, stole second, and took third on Haughton's clever sacrifice hit. Paine and Pote, however, both struck out. In the fourth inning Burgess made a scratch hit but was thrown out when he attempted to steal second. Rand was given a base on balls and stole second, aided by Draper's poor throw. Stevenson struck out, but Haughton brought in the first run by his three base hit. Paine hit a fly to Johnson. In the next inning Clarkson...
...different articles of interest concerning college life. The rest of the number is up to the usual standard. The picture of "University" by A. K. Moe is a good bit of drawing, although very different from his usual style. The farce about the letter box is a clever little sketch. The remainder of the paper is made up of small jokes and pictures of the usual type...
...praiseworthy. The openings and finales of the acts, the most important feature in the construction of a comic opera, are especially good. The duet ending of act second, which relieves the dragging in of the chorus in the other two acts, is effective. The libretto throughout is decidedly clever. Especially funny are the tramp song, "Jimmy Jinks," and the "Typical Topical Song." If the text is good, the music is fully worthy of it. As usual it is light and pretty. It is hard to say which numbers are the best, but those which received most applause were the duet...
...addition to his law work, Judge Grant had devoted much of his time to literature and has won a wide reputation as a clever writer of short stories...