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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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The association decided to expel the University of California if the dues of that university should not be paid within three weeks. Stevens Institute, Johns Hopkins, Amherst, Swarthmore and the University of Michigan were reinstated to membership upon the payment of their back dues.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I. C. A. A. A. A. Meeting. | 2/25/1901 | See Source »

M. Deschamps first reviewed the works of Paul Hervieu and analyzed the spirit and motive of the work. Hervieu, in his "Flirt," in "Peints par euxmemes," "L' Armature," "Les Tenailles," and "La Loi de Phmme," has taken his stand as the defender and the champion of the rights of modern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second French Lecture. | 2/23/1901 | See Source »

The cover, by F. G. Hall '03, is appropriate in subject, and attractively composed in colors and design. The centre-page drawing is much above the average in execution, though the idea of the composition would not have escaped the reader, even if it had not been emphasized on the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anniversary Lampoon. | 2/21/1901 | See Source »

Again, a story may depend on its plot for sustaining the reader's attention. Indeed if the plot can be made sufficiently attractive, the characters may be kept entirely in the background, as in the case in many of Poe's pseudo-scientific tales.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lecture on "The Short Story". | 2/20/1901 | See Source »

The author can play equally well upon his reader's feelings if he can discover a new corner of the earth or illumine any great human problem. In this way many readers take up Mrs. Wilkins for New England scenes, J. M. Barrie for Scotch peasant life or Stephen Crane...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lecture on "The Short Story". | 2/20/1901 | See Source »

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