Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...writer gets fairly under way, finishes creditably, although the reader is left with an unsatisfied curiosity as to many details of the scene. "Among the Firs," by W. James, Jr., consists of three short sketches of life in the woods, each of which, though rather slight, has the merit of unity...
...seems not unreasonable that better things should be expected in the Advocate than such a story as "Only Twice." The incident which the story develops seems hardly possible in the mind of the ordinary undergraduate, and any possible merit in construction certainly does not justify such a lengthy display of cheap and unhealthy sentiment. The poetry is better than usual. "Saint Catherine of the Oratory," by B. Fortescue, moves easily, and is simple, almost too simple, in fact. The other verses, "Street Songs," by W. Stevens, are of a higher level. The writer shows good dramatic power, having even...
...number of the Advocate which appears today is a continuation of the excellent beginning made by the 1901 board. Both the stories and the poetry are the work of new men, and, as in the last previous issue, real merit is to be found in more than one of them...
...last part, which seems hasty, and makes one regret that the ending, however good in conception, was not better handled. "With a Lesson to Teach," by M. Bartlett '01, is full of originality, and, with the exception of a few phrases, is well told. It has the merit of leaving the very obvious lesson to the reader without thrusting it upon him. The last story, "The Break at Sleary's," by J. C. Grew '02, begins well, but hurries on with a carelessness in the treatment of detail which is far from satisfactory...
...serious one as it tended to the establishment of a perilous byzantinism. The young poets of 1885 had a peculiar and a strange language. Even after they had corrected their first errors, they were considered eccentric, for they were beginning a serious and important literary movement. They did not merit the name of decadents, for their dream was to raise poetry to its more noble duties. The constant use of symbols has led to their being called symbolists. The celebrated critic Brunetiere was among the first to defend them and to explain their theories. The young writers had also...