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Good humor, rather than barbed and sharpened wit is, indeed, typical of the whole of this present issue. There is plenty of pleasant nonsense, sustained from the verses on the first page through the burlesque accounts of the extraordinary exploits of Colonel (and Captain) Sir Harry Hard Sauce. But unfortunately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reviewer Finds "Briny Deep" Issue of Lampy Maintains High Average--Good Humor, Not Barbed Wit, Is Keynote | 5/24/1928 | See Source »

Peaks of Destiny. So enormous are the powdered peaks of the Alps, so wild and casual the winds that sweep between them that the actions of people must seem in comparison fragile and inconsequent, even unreal. The people in this picture are mainly three; Diotina, a dancer, whose amorous flippancies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Dec. 12, 1927 | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

The trouble today is undisciplined, inconsequent, uninspired youth. Unfortunately, on account of causes I will not mention, such a blessing as universal service as an aid to citizenship today is not ours.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: URGES COLLEGE MEN TO PREPARE FOR WAR | 3/29/1923 | See Source »

There are signs of change in the Harvard Monthly besides its new form. It is nearer the normal magazine in shape; its decorations have grown more seemly; but that is not all. The October issue shows an excellent and largely successful attempt to achieve the live yet dignified spirit of...

Author: By Kenneth JOHNSTON ., | Title: Reviewer Finds Monthly Improved | 10/5/1914 | See Source »

One result is inevitable, that is, the effect of producing a more serious scientific attitude toward the work. The student who chooses this Division will be presumed to have made the choice with serious intent to perfect himself in that line. The student who chose that work because he had...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TUTORIAL SYSTEM. | 4/10/1914 | See Source »

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