Word: clevernessing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact he has heard this brand of F. S. Edmonds and F. H. Jamison overseas and ever since. Same old songs of self-pity and sacrifice, patting their selves on the back because they have records to show they spent two dollars on a soldier. Compiling the records was clever and their other stories are as interesting as Hans C. Andersen's but, like the latter's, was meant for children. Why study mass-psychology to find out why -Obscenity deleted. the Y charged six francs for cigarettes when the army canteen across the street charged five...
...reason for this recurrence is obvious; these elements are the ones which interest the public and sell the books, and the author has no choice but to include them. Thus we have the love affair between the two principles, gradually developing and providing the happy ending, the clever sleuth, the shifting of suspicion, and finally the fastening of diabolical guilt upon one totally unsuspected. These form' the background which one expects to encounter when reading a mystery story, and they really have but little to do with the effectiveness of the book...
...watch chain and his name was on countless lips as well as often seen in the columns of the college paper. The dances were even better, for there he and his friends met all the nice girls. To Peter their conversation scintillated; it was ever so much more clever than his own. These girls really were clever, that was the wonderful thing about them; they always had something to say, and then, they laughed so easily. Peter began to think he too was quite a light. This backed up his pet theories; now he was getting somewhere...
...sure to go to college, kiddies, and develop yourselves the way I have shown that Peter did. That is the true secret of success. You will come away sure that you are clever and important. Ponder over it my wee ones; don't waste the opportunity. Never again will you have one to equal...
...Garrison '31 took Putnam's place yesterday and made an encouraging showing. He has been substituting for the injured regular in almost every game this winter and has turned in some fine permormances. His clever stickwork, if he is up to form against Yale will materially strengthen the Crimson offense...