Word: forests
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...rest of the number is ordinary in comparison with these. "The Taming of the Shrew" is a Robert Chambers tale of a southern man and a college cousin who emerge, like Shadrach and Abednego, from a very vivid forest fire to find themselves engaged. "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Art," is a typical college essay of the lighter sort, pleasant, facile, well-written, and without much significance...
...first session will be opened at 2 o'clock this afternoon with a prayer by Rev. G. A. Gordon '81, pastor of the Old South Church. Mr. Gifford Pinchot will read the first paper. His subject will be the future of forest trees in New England. He is generally regarded as the first authority on forestry in the United States. Professor John Craig, chief of the Department of Horticulture at Cornell, will read the second paper. His subject will be the opportunities in New England for the cultivation of orchards and the raising of fruit. The two papers will...
...good thought ill-expressed. If the author of the "Snowshoe Song" can attune his snowshoe steps to the metre of his song, he must be an adept at the sport. A ski on a fair incline could hardly keep pace with it. As a picture, though, of pine forest in winter, it is not without atmosphere provided one shows up the cinematograph. The number is brought to a close by a couple of book reviews
...bear stories," and do not belie their kind. Rude men, of uncouth speech spiced with damns and tobacco juice; tell of beasts of fabulous dimensions and behavior, without fear of the "malleus naturfakerorum." Like other patterns for stories, this can be repeated to monotony. In "Autumn in the Forest," Mr. Edgell reproduces the sights he "photographed in his mind for future reference"; but, if I may pursue the figure, the retouching shows too much--nature does not willingly submit to being written up. His story, "Eb. Demming's Coon Hunt," is clever, and the dialect has greater verisimilitude than...
...shock. Frequently the balloon is carried along by a sudden wind, dragging basket and occupants over fences and through trees. To prevent such accidents; the ripping cord is used, which tears open the bag and lets the air escape. Often a careless or unlucky balloonist comes down into a forest and has to appeal to some farmer for help in rescuing his balloon. Mr. Clayton narrated some of his ex experiences in travelling from Springfield to Boston by night...