Word: climax
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...with money is treated instead of as here "Elementary Aesthetics." "A February Catastrophy," by its lively dialogue and adherence to college life, is vivid and thoroughly humorous. "The Brisis," a travesty on "The Crisis," is a very successful piece of satire. "The Night Watches," in structure and arrangement of climax, is similar to the better work of Poe, and deserves praise. It has a unique style, not often met with in undergraduate work...
According to these plans Class Day is to be on Monday, and the baseball game and the Senior Spread on the following day. This arrangement is in its nature an anti-climax. The interest in the ball game and the Senior Spread will certainly be lessened by having them follow the greater event, and no enthusiasm will be added to Class Day itself...
...March Inland," by Albert de Roode, written in the form of extracts from a diary, vividly describes the scenes in the American lines about Santiago; one gets a real glimpse of the experience the army went through in Cuba. "McGullop's Slide," a character sketch with rather a skilful climax, and "Mrs. Johnson's Triumph," by G. B. Fernald, are the other stories in the issue. The editorial, on "College Spirit," treats with effectiveness a very old subject which is, nevertheless, still worth writing about...
...writer deals with the traditional loafer, his repentance and regeneration, does not mar the interest of the story, for the plot is set forth and made to seem almost new by an unusually vigorous style. One feels disappointed, however, that the writer should confess himself unable to evolve a climax from an interesting and difficult situation, by stating finally that it was "All a dream...
...very well in a difficult role, and R. Dexter '01 and H. L. Movius '02 as Mike Sikkum and Pat Sokum, police sergeants, were clever and very funny. As a whole the play is exceedingly well balanced, with good swing and dash, and is lead up to its climax very skilfully...