Word: mr
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...verse only "Vistas," by John Hall Wheelock, attains distinction. Four or five of its eight lines are very good. It makes you wish that Mr. Wheelock had tried to be similarly concise in his other verses, "For a Book of Poems," for even the fourteen lines of a sonnet are more than he needs for the expression of his thought...
...Advocate's prose begins with some commonplace, and fortunately also common-sense, words of the editors to Freshmen. Then it rambles through Mr. Ford's "Varied Outlooks," which are so very varied that few readers will know what the author wishes them to see. It is better in Mr. Edward Sheldon's "Among Those Sailing." There are good things in the story; but the hero and heroine, probably unlike any lovers who ever lived that were worth their salt, stop in their mutual declaration of love to compare themselves with Mr. and Mrs. Browning. Mr. Rogers MacVeagh's "Anonymously Dedicated...
...article only remains to be mentioned: Mr. Paul Davis's "Things that Remind You." There is too much exaggeration in the rambling little essay--especially at the end, which the writer no doubt thought more humorous than it is; but there is also shrewd and accurate observation of human nature. It has individuality than any other piece in the present Advocate...
...Fraulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther," by M. J. O. Pless...
...Cercle Francais has decided to present three short plays this year in place of the customary long production. The president, W. G. Wendell, '09, announced that it would be impossible to present "Les Bouffons," owing to the refusal of Mr. Charles Frohman to allow of its production. The pieces chosen are, "J'Invite Le Colonel," by Labiche, "Gringoire," by de Banville, and "La Gifie," by Dreyfus...