Word: heros
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...writer's vocabulary lacks variety. The incident is related in the first person, but the style hesitates in a disconcerting way between the colloquial and the literary. Mr. Sheldon's "Delilah" is badly named, for the pathetic female figure finds no prototype in the Philistine woman, and the hero is anything but a Samson. But the dialogue is well-managed, and the incident is only too true to life. Mr. Carlo's "Sin of the Angels" is a college story dealing, not undiscerningly, with the man who would be president of his class but who is absolutely...
...world's representatives: the sisters and other fellows' sisters who make Class Day "or better Lass Day," what it is. Not yet does he have that sensation of the world slipping from under him that comes on Commencement. But the Lampoon would not suggest sad thoughts so appropriately. The Hero is firmly seated. The color on the cever and as a background of many of the pictures is blue, probably as a contrast to the predominant Class Day red, and to the general hilarity of the reading matter. The illustrations are unusually good, carefully drawn, suggestive and appropriate. Some...
...subject of the Iliad is perhaps considered second rate, as Achilles is not a very sympathetic hero; and were it not for his misery and repentance at the end, most readers would dislike him because of his arrogance and self-conceit. There are in the poem many inconsistencies, such as various descriptions which cannot be thought out, and similes which are not strictly applicable. In examining various instances of these inconsistencies the conclusion seems to be that the high poetic value of the Iliad must be considerably detracted from. We see many of the similes and descriptions taken over ready...
...chivalrous. The spirit in which it is written is too human to permit torture and practically the only instance we have of human sacrifice is when Achilles slays the twelve Trojan youths over the body of Hector. This, however, is passed over hurriedly, and Achilles still remains a noble hero, and the "Iliad" the book of heroes...
...performance last night went off very smoothly and showed the results of much careful training. O. Lyding '09, as the hero of the play, entered fully into the sprit of the grotesque Knight, adding many clever individual touches to a very difficult part. In the female parts, T. W. Knauth '07 was a charming and attractive girl, although he was somewhat ill at ease, and C. B. Wetherell '08 were excellent hustling citizen's wife. The broadly humorous songs of Merrythought the old man, by W. J. McCormick '07, were exceedingly well received; but the most amusing feature...