Word: henley
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...which, in spite of serious defects, is well worth reading. Its merit lies in the vividness of its pictures, and the success the writer achieves in conveying the feeling inspired by a prospect of city streets in the gray light of morning. In this it recalls some of Mr. Henley's London poems. But its effectiveness is weakened by a curious uncertainty in the handling of the verse. The metre is prevailingly iambic, but the license of substitution of trochaic and other measures is indulged in so freely that it is sometimes hard to catch the rhythm. At times...
...whole, the article is interesting and extremely readable. The four sonnets, on familiar college types, by Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez possess a finished gaiety not often found in academic publications. "The Goody" and "The Waitress" are particularly successful. The general resemblance of the sonnets to W. E. Henley's similar series is agreeably felt...
...Theodore Henley Jack...
Wesley Earle Dunkle '08S., of Pittsburg, three, prepared for college at the Warren High School, Warren, Pa. Last year he rowed seven on the 1909 freshman crew and this year was bow on the Yale second crew that rowed in the American Henley Regatta. Age, 20 years, 3 months, height, 6 feet, weight, 173 pounds...
...High School, where he rowed four on the school crew for one year. He was bow on the 1908 freshman crew, and last year was bow on the university four-oar. This year he rowed in the corresponding position on the Yale second crew that went to the American Henley. Age, 21 years, 1 month, height, 6 feet, 1-2 inch, weight, 164 pounds...