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Captain W. H. Russell '18 was not up to his usual form, losing three matches on Friday, but showed much improvement the following day, when he defeated the Yale captain, Pflieger. He tied with Gay and Allison of Columbia, the only man to defeat all the University fencers, for third place, with nine bouts won and three lost. R. G. Crimmins defeated Pflieger and had a final record of eight victories and four defeats. The standing of the teams was as follows: Won Lost Navy, 27 9 Harvard, 26 10 Columbia, 18 18 Yale, 16 20 Penn...
...greater profit from writing scenarios for the "movies," another the deductive attraction of vers libre. The latter enables a writer to utilize at once, it primitive, semi-poetic, material--idea of image--that, in the past, has had-to be worked up slowly and elaborately into conventional fiction form. Much of the "free verse" seen in the magazines is of this type--some of it quite successful and interesting, in its way, like Mr. Snow's poem, "The Girardian," in the Advocate--while a certain amount of the residual prose itself, like Mr. Low's sketches "Inspiration" and "The Forest...
...Hillyer, less original, as he is less modern, in form, is perhaps, even more original in spirit, in expression. He accepts the great tradition of English poetry--the tradition of Spenser and Shakespere--as Mr. Norris accepts the lesser, but accepts it freely and boldly, as if born to the purple. In "The Question" one is struck first of all by the individuality and evocative quality of the diction, then by the sustained sweep and music of the line, as contrasted with the briefer felicity of Mr. Norris' phrase. In fact, the two poets present an interesting and suggestive opposition...
Next to these two Mr. Malcolm Cowley's clever and attractive verses "On Visiting the Revere" form the most striking contribution to the number, while, of the remaining poems, it is perhaps enough to say that, with possibly a single exception, all are worthy of the place they have won in the Advocate. The stories, too, are well written, though slight and immature artistically, as compared with the verse, and depend too exclusively for their effectiveness upon some simple, strong, unshaded contrast, or upon some element of surprise--extravagant or farcical--in the denouement. Except in "A Fool...
...exception of the loss of the Yale meet, on account of the temporary illness of Captain Russell, the University swordsmen have had an unusually brilliant season, easily defeating Springfield Y. M. C. A. College, Bowdoin, Pennsylvania and Columbia, and, provided Captain Russell is fencing up to his usual form the chances are very good for a University victory in the team championships this year. Besides the University, Columbia, Bowdoin, Pennsylvania, Yale and the Navy have entered teams, with the midshipmen the strongest opponents of Coach Leslabay's pupils for team honors. Annapolis was the victor last year...