Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Emerson. It contains a most interesting characterization of the traits of the town and its inhabitants, and is full of Emersonian phrases. Miss Calls article on "The Greatest Need of College Girls" is interesting and is refreshing from the very nature of the subject. There are a couple of clever pieces of fiction, a review of the political situation and a lot of letters of John Stuart Mill. These latter give an insight into the life of a great thinker and are decidedly interesting. The leading article in verse is entitled "Down by the Shore in December," and Mr. Parsons...
...interesting to Harvard men is "A Christmas Ascent of Mount Adams," and because the author is himself an undergraduate - J. Corbin '92. The story is the description of an ascent of a mountain and deals almost entirely with the account of the climb and return. It is in parts cleverly written and is interesting, which is always praise. Walter Camp contributes a practical article on "Training." He points out the difference in the meaning of the term "training" now and what it was some years ago, but the main part of his article deals with the several apparatus...
...anonymous "Sonnet" deserves much praise for its quiet elegance of diction, and "An Oxford Poem" is interesting as a clever parody on Mocaulay's Lays...
Among some of the shorter contributions, is a clever, artistic story, full of humor and quiet pathos, called "Only an Incident," also a well-written study of impressionism in words by Alfred D. F. Hamlin, entitled "Pen Pictures of the Bosphorus...
...Captain McClung attacked these points constantly and by sharp work scored immediately. The second touch down for Yale was not a "fluke." No one was interfering for Corbett, who, in his struggles to get away from Hinkey, dropped the ball. Then Yale's close following of it and her clever interference won the touch down. The reason that Harvard's offensive work failed was, as has been said, because her excellent ground-gainers had the benefit of no interference; and because Trafford's punting had to be made on the defensive and was well returned by Yale...