Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...race with U. of P., Feb. 10, it seems that Harvard should win again, though with Bucholtz and Freeman Pennsylvania is sure of at least two clever performers...
...year, instead of three as last year. They will come March 17 and March 24. The first meeting will as usual be devoted to wrestling, sparring, and shot putting. There seems to be unusual interest in boxing and wrestling. The formation of the sparring club has brought out several clever men who are anxious to show their ability. At the meeting recently called for wrestlers, some dozen or more signified their willingness to enter a class under Mr. Lathrop. If they all train there will be more competition than there has been at any time since the present seniors were...
After the initiation Mr. J. J. Hayes entertained the society with some very clever recitations...
...remaining two contributions are in lighter vein,- "A Virginian," by Henry Copley Greene, and "A Story with an Immoral," by Charles M. Flandrau. Of these, the latter is decidedly the best, perhaps gaining some-what by contrast with the only other piece of fiction, but at least showing clever character painting and a rather pleasing style. The hero of the story indulges in vices for the sake of the experience to be gained from them; and from fancying himself safe in his own virtue, finally yields utterly to his passion for gambling. His fall, and the weakness of character which...
...safe to say that all are above the standard in interest. "The Suspicions of Mrs. Buck," one of the two sketches by Arthur S. Pier, is a rather amusing bit of dialect, whether true to life or not; and W. A. Parker has done some very clever writing in "Love is Blind." As a whole, the number is very satisfactory...