Word: crude
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...charm of simplicity. The stories in the number are poor. "The Play" is an elaborately constructed rack whereon are hung a few, sometimes effective jokes. "The Adventure of the Young man and the Spasmodic Lady" and "The Curious History of a Selfish Man" are immature and crude: one is exaggerated attempt at farce, the other a sort of tragic sketch handled without skill. "The Three Worlds" ruins by a most clumsy climax a sketch of power...
...good natured, Chinese cook who artistically stabs a man between sips of tea, is well described by W. F. Boericke, under the title of "Wing." "A Sea Change," is interesting on account of its land-lubber usage of yachting terms, and occasionally provokes a smile in spite of its crude treatment. "Mad Antony's Wives," by R. W. Beach, a sad tale of life behind the footlights, shows a good deal of observation. All the elements of the genuine college story are combined in "The Crisis," the sport, the grind and the girl. They meet, act with customary heroism...
Though in the first two games the work was exceedingly crude, the University eleven ran up substantial scores and gave promise of developing into a fast and effective team. The new men showed up well, and it became evident that there would be considerable competition for many of the positions. The game with the University of Maine on October 3 and the defeat by Andover a week later showed an unexpected but very decided slump, and those characteristics which have been and are today the weak points of the team then made their first appearance. Chief among the defects...
...serve, in years to come, as a pleasant reminder of college days. It is only as a record of student life at Harvard that the Lampoon is worth while. Judged by this standard, the last number, through not extraordinary, agreeably justifies its existence. The pictures, for all their rather crude drawing, are good-natured and tolerably local. The text-Lampoon text has always consisted principally of "filling"-contains a divertingly new interpretation of a familiar phrase of Emerson's, and is generally and happily free from such faults of taste as often make humorous journalism repellent...
Parkinson was given a day's rest yesterday, although he is not injured. McCarthy was in the line-up for the first time, and played a hard, but somewhat crude game at left half, after Harrison was forced to leave the line-up on account of hurting his ankle. R. A. Pope '05, who is not eligible this year played fullback on the second and proved very reliable on the defense...