Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Both his poetry and his prose reveal a nature never quite integnated into wholeness of structure, into harmony with itself. His writing, at its best, is noble and delightful, full of human charm, but it is difficult for him to master a certain waywardness and to sustain any note steadily. This temperamental flaw does not affect the winsomeness of his letters, unless to add to it. It is lost to view, often, in the sincerity and pathos of his lyrics, but it is felt in most of his longer efforts in prose, and accounts for a certain dissatisfaction which many...
...loving students in the University should certainly make every effort to attend these expositions and to get the full pleasure and profit from them which the alumni so generously provide for. As there is a great deal going on now in the college world, and as it is correspondingly difficult to bring worthy objects to people's notice, I hope that everyone will tell his neighbor about these expositions so that little by little the large and enthusiastic audiences of former days may be regained. These expositions are certainly one of the most unusual opportunities for Harvard students, and there...
...Allies has been, "Make the world safe for Democracy." Surely no more direct refutation of this basic principle of equality could be possible than in singling out certain war heroes to receive honor from their Alma Mater, and leaving others unhonored and unsung. It is not difficult to appreciate the feelings of the enlisted man who, after sacrificing his studies to serve his country, returns to find his service to country and college ignored by--the--one who should accord him most honor. Of all places in the world a man should stand squarely upon his merits in the eyes...
...ably supported in all his attacks by E. L. Bigelow '21, Bacon, and Gross. In the defense J. Holmes '21 showed goal-tending ability fully equal to that of former University net men and, under the able covering of N. S. Walker '20 and White, effected many extremely difficult stops. The summary...
...current issue of the Lampoon it is difficult to favor one morsel over another. Great credit must be accorded the artist whose creation decorates the cover. One man at present faces the world, and like all those who face the footlights, he must also face the music. In the Lampoon the strains are gentle and pleasing, without "Life's" harshness; yet they have a penetrating power peculiar to their composers, as in the case of his Excellency with one foot on the rail...