Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...with the older men of our community; and the comparatively few attempts which meet with any success at all in opening up this phase of life which is so full of benefit for both the mature and the growing members of the University, stand out quite uniquely. It is difficult to analyze the causes of this condition of affairs, but in the main we believe that both students and Faculty are to blame with a more or less considerable portion charged to the atmosphere of our highly academic University. This, we confess, is a much overworked and abused explanation, applied...
...purely literary articles, all have the merit of attempting something difficult and interesting. The attempts are, however, not uniformly successful. Only one of the poems is satisfactory. In Mr. H. E. Porter's "Horace's Garden," we find marble statues keeping guard against the snares of wind and rain, and silence muffling a landscape with a counterpane,--figures too metaphysical to be happy. Mr. R. J. Walsh's "The Death of Cleopatra" has gained a prize as a translation from Horace. Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez's "Odalisque," clear in thought, admirable in melody, worthily maintains the standard of "Advocate" verse...
...literary side, the first article is by Mr. Altrocchi, who also has a sonnet in this number. If the author falls short of complete effectiveness, it should be said for him that he undertakes a more difficult task than the other contributors. The sonnet ("Ad Astra") shows earnestness of spirit and a sense of form, but it lacks vividness and consistency. It is sometimes conventional, or even prosaic. Mr. Altrocchi's story, "Between Fires," is for the most part well-written, though the time sequence is clumsily handled at one point. The description of the lover's symptoms...
Rumor has it that one of the nightly expressions of enthusiasm is to culminate in a trip to Boston. Just what advantage such an excursion would have it is difficult to see. We have no particular interest in displaying our feelings before the people of Boston--indeed they will learn of them far more generally through the newspaper accounts. Enthusiasm is of most value for its effect upon the players and upon the undergraduates themselves...
...Pell plays a more conservative game than Niles. His judgement is good, he is cool, and has any amount of endurance. His service is not as difficult to return as Niles's, but his overhead work is better. His forehand drive is his most reliable stroke. His volleying is consistent, and he is a good match player...