Word: enlivenment
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...Jeffries has had considerable experience in yachting, and was a charter member of the Eastern and Boston Yacht Clubs. He will describe the development of the modern racing machine from the old-fashioned healthy type of yacht in which one could both race and cruise with comfort; and will enliven his descriptions with many reminiscences and experiences. The lecture will be open to all interested in yachting, including ladies...
...Jeffries has had considerable experience in yachting, and was a charter member of the Eastern and Boston Yacht Clubs. He will describe the development of the modern racing machine from the old-fashioned healthy type of yacht in which one could both race and cruise with comfort; and will enliven his descriptions with many reminiscences and experiences. The lecture will be open to all interested in yachting, including ladies...
Both the graded and Freshman crews have been developing very slowly of late. The Newell graded eights have gained a long even swing, but have gained this at the expense of snap and life. Any attempt to enliven the work is invariably accompanied by a rushed recovery. The men are slow at both ends of the stroke, especially at the finish. This unsatisfactory work is due very largely to repeated absences of the oarsmen; on several days the first crew has not rowed...
...Destiny of Man," and "Through Nature to God." His wide reputation was not due to books alone, as he was at one time the most popular American lecturer on serious subjects. In all his work his ability to make everything clear and easy to understand and to enliven the least interesting themes, made him familiar to all classes of people...
...Williams '99 had an intelligent grasp of the character of Simon Eyre, a master shoemaker and kind ruler of his journeymen. Firk, the main comic character, was played by J. A. Macy '99, whose mobility of feature and agility of limb did much to enliven the scenes. The English Department might say of the part of C. L. Bouve '99 as Rowland Lacy that it was subjective. The actor, though intelligent in his reading, did not seem to make the most of what is perhaps the best part in the play...