Word: didacticism
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In the current number of the Advocate the first of a series of essays on college life is well worth reading. It comes under the general head of "Varied Outlooks," though it might have been called more definitely--"The Meaning of College Life." The meaning, in one way, as it...
The first number of the Advocate, which appeared yesterday, shows a very distinctive "Harvard" note. It bristles with local color; except for one short lyric it consists entirely of "Harvard" prose and verse. This is admirable, or at least it would be admirable were it not that the two most...
The annual Dudleian Lecture was given in the Fogg Lecture Room last night by Rev. Professor Arthur C. McGiffert, D.D., of New York, on the Validity of non-Episcopal Orders, The lecture was an admirably clear exposition of a subject of great theological and didactic interest.
The extensive repertoire of Labiche is almost all one great satire on "bourgeoisie" life in France. His works have for several generations furnished a healthy hilarity for the French theatre goer. In creating gaiety and laughter for this audience, Labiche followed Rabelais more than Moliere, who was apt to censure...
The author can play equally well upon his reader's feelings if he can discover a new corner of the earth or illumine any great human problem. In this way many readers take up Mrs. Wilkins for New England scenes, J. M. Barrie for Scotch peasant life or Stephen Crane...