Word: farcial
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Misses Bentley's Telescope" the hero is engaged in preserving "a pleasing amatory equilibrism" at home, while developing a genuine love affair abroad. The device by which the author reaches his climaxes is of course farcial, but his climaxes are none the less climaxes, and the story moves toward them with amusing and unhalting life and go. Verses, College Kodaks, a short sketch by G. H. Scull and couple of forceful editorials pointing out to Freshmen "that the broad opportunties for good fellowship with the solid good men of their class cannot be taken advatage of too early, and that...
...hoped that the officers and other members of Ninety-five will see to it that there is tonight no repetition of the farcial proceedings which characterized the preliminary meeting of the senior class last year. The few men who were present at the time appointed for the meeting decided it was not advisable to transact any business and adjourned. Later a few more straggled in and after re-electing the class officers, appointed a committee to take charge of the Class Day elections. But this meeting could not be regarded as representative and it was found necessary to call another...