Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...style, lacking the richer beauties of his, has a toothsome directness. The following excerpt is characteristic: "The best plan is to soak the head in a bowl of cold water and a little salt all night, previously removing the brains." The quotation is from a fanciful essay entitled "Calf's Head...
...Williams '88 of New York has offered a prize of $250 for the best essay of not more than 3500 words on the following subject...
Professor Robert Gay of the English Department of Simmons College addressed the English 28 Club on "The Significance of the Essay Today" last night in Gore Hall Common Room, declaring that Frank Moore Colby is America's foremost essayist Professor Gay also stated that the modern newspaper column is the incubator of the modern essay, and said, "Being an 'ocular athlete', that is seeing things that other people pass by unobserved, is one of the greatest aids to essay writing...
...English Department of Simmons College will address the English 28 Club this evening at 7.45 o'clock in the Gore Hall Common Room, instead of the Smith Halls Common Room as was originally planned. The subject of Professor Gay's speech is "The Significance of the Essay Today". All members of the University who are interested are invited by the club to attend the meeting...
...Academic Life" was the subject of the lecture by Professor Ephraim Emerton '71 at Phillips Brooks House yesterday afternoon. He read his essay of that name which was published two years ago in his "Living and Learning". Interjecting anecdotes and explanations while he road...