Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wears civilized clothes (on occasions, and for effect, a fez, a flowing gown), uses the right fork, is bursting with humor...
...their tongues with startling fluency. And although a bit difficult to catch the meaning of the lines by ear, with the aid of the translation prepared by R. W. Hyde '30 and E. C. Weist '30 the significance was conveyed very clearly. Inasmuch as in all comedy the humor lies mainly in complications of situation rather than in character delineation, one does not need to have a knowledge of Latin to enjoy thoroughly this presentation...
...major instance--strange to relate--the Harvard organization has failed--it has not sought the support of College Humor, likewise an advocate in the wisest kind of a way of student influence in America. Several animated stories from this nationally known magazine would assure to the Harvard CRIMSON and to the Debating Society the enviable prestige of being leaders in this ingenious field. These leaders admit with no surprise to the reader that they drink, and, following on this premise, their conclusion is a logical one--therefore prohibition should be abolished...
...other years, have a distinct penchant for fat nude ladies, bulging, specific nudes in green, orange and red, lolling in intricate positions. There are nearly a hundred such creatures in the show and not a fig leaf among them. Though there may be considerable humor in one livid nude with triangular legs sprawling on a studio chair (the fat ladies who pose for Independent artists seem to have a distinct disinclination to stand up for any length of time), a hun-dred such nudes leave an impression of acute melancholia. Sprightlier are the political pictures: ruined speculators selling their clothes...
Genoa claims the birth of Christobal Colon, so do six other towns. Columbus' early life is wrapped in obscurity. Says Wassermann: he told conflicting tales about his origins, his early experiences. "He was as morose as a monk, crafty as a peasant, without a glimmer of humor-a character unrelieved by a single ray of cheerfulness. A man of sighs and lamentations, misery and gloom. But for all that, his capacity for suffering and his patience in the bearing of it were prodigious and are strangely touching, like stories from the life of a saint. He learned almost nothing...