Word: effective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have among Harvard societies of being a sure reward for faithful and persevering work. It will be no longer be possible to conquer one's way into the fraternity. The proportion of unsuitable men chosen under the regulation of rank would undoubtedly be small at any rate and their effect would be null in the society, which even now includes in its graduate body more than one man, chosen under more liberal rules than those in vogue last year, who has failed to set the world on fire. Would it not therefore have been almost as safe and much wiser...
...stories by the same author. It describes college life and the incident dealt with is treated in the same minute and carefully studied method. As a piece of literary composition, it is creditable; the proportions are well preserved throughout and the descriptive passages contribute satisfactorily to the general effect of the narrative. The subject of the story is not as praiseworthy. It deals with a feature of life here which is too easily seized upon by our enemies as a basis for their carping criticisms of Harvard life. It is therefore a question whether the publication of such a story...
...Opera House for the Centennial Ball, has charge of the decorating. The rafters and iron work in the roof will be covered with cloth of a cream tint stretched from the top of the ceiling down to the supports on the side walls, giving an arch or tent like effect. The side walls will be covered with bunting with Yale banners interspersed. The galleries will also be hung with bunting and flags. The design of the invitations is a Yale monogram in a leafy effect with the '92 class numerals intertwined with the letters. The dance orders are unique...
There will be no mid-year examination in either French 3, 4, or 5, although an announcement to that effect has been made in the provisional list of dates...
...Moody's "The Portrait" seems at first strained and the effect of a tremendous effect. A second reading improves it distinctly and makes it fascinating enough to be real a third time with unaffected pleasure and appreciation of its merit, which is considerable...