Word: dialectic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...verse, "The Lost Glade," by R. W. R., is melodious and delicate in phrasing. "Josua's Philosophy," a New England dialect-verse is rather too rough even for dialect. "The Concord Turnpike," Allan Tierney, has at least the merit of not going far afield for its subject...
...quaint and picturesque in style. "None but the Brave," is a story of some power, but the atmosphere is not pleasant. A longer story, "When the Tide Turned," by L. B. Cummings '03, is amusingly told. "A Stockholder in the L and N," is an attempt at a dialect sketch, but it is quite without coherence, and the dialect itself does not seem well sustained. Among the contributions in verse "Among the Cedars," by R. P., deserves favorable mention. "The Ballad of the Trenton," by L. W., is a spirited tribute to the officers and men who "met their death...
...American Dialect Society held its annual business meeting on Saturday morning, when reports were made of the work of the officers during the past year. Professor C. H. Grandgent was elected a member of the auditing committee...
...hero a complication of exquisite tortures,--which are physical rather than moral. The story has little of the college atmosphere, however, and the six pages required to disentangle Allan might well be reduced to four. "Before the Engynes Came Through," by R. W. Page is a short dialect sketch without much structure. The best thing in the number is the last story, "Speedaway," by R. W. Child. Its dialect is natural and gives a real flavor to the whole story, which has the merit of saying little, but suggesting much...
...Harvard College, members of the Association and their wives will eat luncheon in the Faculty Room, University Hall. In the evening, the gentlemen of the Association will be entertained at the Colonial Club. At 9 o'clock Saturday morning, before the regular session of the Association, the American Dialect Society will hold its annual business meeting...