Word: moods
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This bringing out of character by use of background is in writing the suggestion of mood by describing objectively a mood of nature. In painting and writing it is a very stimulating thing to do. Its danger lies in the fact that one may arrive at finding symbolism were there is only simple statement. In music it brings program pieces. I should dislike program painting...
...Mexican problem, and the problem of our relations with Great Britain and Germany. As to the first, the issue seems clear. On one hand, there are a great number of people who, in the course of the European war, have been gradually working themselves up into a "heroic mood," and who seem to feel that at a time when most of the world is at war, it is somehow unmanly for us not to be doing some fighting. They feel that our differences with Mexico ought to be made an affair of honor. President Wilson's view seems...
...thing that you are doing or are trying to do. Fifth, do not take more than you can do. Sixth, master your situation, whatever it is. If you go through college guessing then you will guess after you graduate. Seventh, be teachable. Always keep yourself in a receptive mood to learn. Many of your best ideas may come from gleanings gained in public places." --Boston Herald...
...quarterback, Yale has several fairly good men. A year ago, the quarterback position was enough to drive a coach to desperation. Wilson and Van Nostrand did the brunt of the work, but his season finds Jones in a rather optimistic mood over the chances of bringing out a real Yale quarter...
...present form. Mr. Clark has difficulty, apparently, in deciding whether to rhyme or not to rhyme. In "Lullaby" he effects a compromise; the result is not so successful as some of his work in freer form. "Loneliness," by Mr. Putnam, purposely lacks definiteness of outline; the setting and the mood are, however, well suggested. "Minstrel," an unsigned sonnet of considerable charm, is simple and, within its limits is satisfying. The number is brought to a conclusion by a sonnet sequence, "In a Time of National Doubt," by Mr. Norris. In spite of several prosy phrases, this work, ranging from...