Word: digressional
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(To the Dean of St. Paul's, from her Pew.) Leave that ungodly digression, and return to your text!
The spectre of Yale literary supremacy refuses to be downed, though various incantations have been chanted before it. Heywood, Broun John Farrar, George Chappell, and their fellow-conspirators have reared it out of an excellent brand of ektoplasm, and the creature stands, menacingly real, before the eyes of the critics...
Five books by Professor G. L. Kittredge '82 comprise the fourth section of the catalogue. These are discussions of English Literature from Chaucer through Shakespere, with a digression in the form of a book on "The Old Farmer and His Almanack." The literature of countries other than England is considered...
"If what I have written above seems a mere digression it is because I have not yet stated the conclusion which logically follows: namely, that, since the university clientele in England is of the governing class, university sport is above and beyond popular and especially popular newspaper criticism. 'Varsity sport...
"The Digression of Malton" is the poorest story in the number. Though it may portray one element of college life, the story seems improbable and is weak in its conclusion. There is no perceptible plot and the characters are not interesting.