Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conception of character and the interest of the problem are both powerful enough to make it regrettable that the author did not take time and room enough to be convincing. Yet, in spite of indifferent acting, the performance is not dull; and the success is sufficient to make us hope that this opportunity for dramatic experiment on a modest scale may be kept open...
...perhaps not too much to hope that the Boston Arena will be ready for use by next season, when regular practice and a chance to play the games as scheduled will give an unusual advantage. With six veterans as a nucleus and the pick of the victorious Freshman seven, there is no reason why next year's team should not, by faithful application, win the championship...
...likely that it means anything more than the occasional meeting of teams in the minor sports. But it is enough to indicate that the strained relations following the break of 1905 are becoming less tense. Athletic quarrels between great universities have something very absurd about them; we hope that the time may come when they will be altogether a thing of the past...
...laid upon the quality of the English used. It is frequently so completely ignored that the grade of A is given on a paper in which the sense is almost obscured by the fine scorn of the first elements of composition. The only way in which a man may hope to write good, clear English is by acquiring the habit of so doing. And it is perfectly useless to put him through a year or more of training in composition if he loses the habit as soon as he completes the course, for the mere reason that respectable English...
...Miller in speaking to the audience dwelt with great emphasis upon his own appreciation of Mr. Moody's genius. He also spoke of the great work of Professor Baker. Mr. Miller has already produced Percy MacKaye's "Mater" and it is his hope to give it before the University audience in a short time...