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...selections of verse are all short but rather better than usual. A short ode, "To the Dandelion," by H. M. Ayres, is a pretty little bit of verse with a light rhythm that suits the subject well. "Sea Gulls," by R. W. Page, is a more rugged poem. The verses have a wild ring that is very suggestive. "An Eagle's Feather," by A. D. Ficke, is short, but in its single stanza it gives a wide range of imagery which is dazzling in effect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 3/6/1901 | See Source »

BEAUTIFUL, balmy spring is with us once again; the buds on the trees and the boys in the Yard shed respectively their brown scales and winter clothing, and blossom forth in the freshness of the vernal season. With spring comes the dainty crocus, the dandelion, the wilted collar, and the straw hat, and with the straw hat comes the ribbon. But ribbons at Harvard College are as distinctive a mark of honor as the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and about as hard to obtain. Fired by the noble example of the Crew and the Nine, the various other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RIBBONS. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

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