Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bolton C. Waller, noted League of Nations supporter, who recently won a prize of 1000 pounds given by E. A. Filene for an essay on the subject "How Peace and Prosperity can be Restored to Europe", will give a lecture tonight at 8 o'clock at the Harvard Union. His subject will be "An lrishman's View of the League...
...known last week that he will award a prize of $10,000 to the person who best explains how "Judaism can, without impairing its integrity, best adjust itself to and influence modern life." Those who wish to compete must send their theories in the form of an essay (between 15,000 and 100,000 words) to the Julius Rosenwald Essay Contest, No. 71 W. 47th St., New York City. Included must be an outline and summary of the essay, complete bibliography and index. No previously published material will be accepted. Copyright and publishing rights are reserved by Mr. Rosenwald...
...skill as an angler. Even during the ten years that he was breathing the breath of life into the Atlantic Monthly, flavoring it with humor, human interest and gentle irony, he did not forego fishing or writing about it. Every complete angler is familiar with his quixotic essay "Fishing With A Worm," a stirring defense of the practice...
With true fisherman's fatalism, two months ago with calmness and clarity he reviewed U. S. letters since 1900 in The Saturday Review of Literature. The essay, Perry-patetically called "Salmon Not Running," concluded that "big" books, like big fish, must be awaited in patience but are worth the trouble when they appear. Said he: "I once asked an old fellow in a military cloak, watching his line in a sluggish stream in Alsace, 'What kind of a fish are you expecting to catch?' 'All kinds,' was his gruff but very proper answer....I confess that I do not care...
With true fisherman's fatalism, two months ago with calmness and clarity he reviewed U. S. letters since 1900 in The Saturday Review of Literature. The essay. Perry-patetically called "Salmon Not Running." concluded that "big" books, like big fish, must be awaited in patience but are worth the trouble when they appear. Said he: "I once asked an old fellow in a military cloak, watching his line in a sluggish stream in Alsace, 'What kind of a fish are you expecting to catch?' 'All kinds,' was his gruff but very proper answer. ... I confess...