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...there is at least one sign of the undergraduate's regeneration: he is showing at Harvard a decided liking for the esteemed New Republic. Its sales and far outstripping those of its competitors at local newsstands. Crisp...
...plays and pictures and music. But in the beginning the reporter must be content and must be able to state plain facts in a plain way. The young man who expects to enter journalism must teach himself to do this. Flights of speech are out of place in the crisp and concise recording of the everyday facts in the burning of a house or the sale of a piece of property. First, last, and all the time, the beginner must write straight to the point. If he is satisfied that he has the capacity to gather the news, that...
...each shall blend with the other without losing its own individuality. The aim of the builders has been toward flexibility and virility. The orchestral oboe, English horn, and the clarinet are unusually good reproductions or their orchestral prototypes. The diapasons are sonorous, the reeds commanding and brilliant, the strings crisp and represented in great variety...
...Flandran also appears as a writer of verse in two vigorous sonnets, both about athletes, for whom, in his latter work he has shown such a predilection. However, the story goes that the Advocate board in his day was fonder of crisp and witty prose and rather peppery editorials than of poetry, though it sometimes sat down--not without sarcastic comments--to grind out verses for the popular demand...
...twenty-third annual football contest between Harvard and Yale was played on Soldiers Field today in the new Stadium, which was used for the first time in an important contest. The almost total absence of wind, the bright sunlight and the crisp air, formed weather conditions that were perfect for a spirited contest. The crowd of 40,000 spectators which began to fill the immense stands for more than an hour before the game, occupied every available space and made a sight of unusual impressiveness...