Word: criticize
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Floyd, professor of Botany at Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory; Tuscon, Arizona; J. L. Love '90, assistant professor of Mathematics; W. E. McElfresh '95, professor of Physics at Williams College; G. R. Mansfield '04, instructor in Geology; E. R. Markham, assistant in Shop-work; D. G. Mason '95 Musical Critic; A. H. Morse '01, instructor in Mechanical Engineering; H. W. Morse, instructor in Physics; M. Mower instructor in Fine Arts; W. B. Munro '99, assistant professor of Government; H. Munsterberg, professor of Psychology; G. Newhall '98, formerly of the Historical Department; W. F. Osgood '86, professor of Mathematics; E. K. Rand...
...come to anticipate in tales of horror; while L. Grandgent's "The Everlasting Hills," after a highly conventional Class-Day opening, develops in a more original fashion; and only needed more space and a somewhat subtler analysis to be a psychological study of more than average interest. The critic of Alfred Noyes displays most of the vices of immature criticism: a lack of discernible method, a tendency merely to make phrases out of the well-worn vocabulary of current criticism, and a need to consider more curiously what, if anything, his words mean. Take these sentences: "An auster jealousy best...
...articles all have more to say of Professor James's personality than of his contributions to learning, and taken together they give, from different points of view, a very consistent account of a character that has deeply influenced recent generations of Harvard men. A sonnet, taken from "The Critic," comments appropriately, though in rather halting verse, on Mr. James's extraordinary receptivity and human sympathy...
...work of the club for the past three months has been very successful, its membership having steadily increased to the present total of 70 active members. It is equally divided into two "camps," led by captains "who choose the subjects for the weekly debates. An experienced upperclassman acts as critic and the subjects relate to College questions or current events. Thus far the "camps" have won equal numbers of debates. Next Wednesday the election of officers for the second half-year will be held...
...none other than the woman aforesaid, turns out to be too strong for the Sophist himself, and so justifies the title. The real stage-business of the piece, the actual sophistry, like the killing in a Greek tragedy is done behind the scense; but that hardly concerns the critic, and the author has done cleverly what he set out to do. The writer of the account of school-boy incidents, "As Related by Mr. Reginald Richards," essays, not wholly without sucess, that spirit of virile and forceful juvenility which appeals to us all in "Tom Sawyer;" the fun, however...