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Word: penned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Politics," which with admirable brevity indicates the new type of politician coming to the front in our present day affairs and the reason why this new political leader is, almost of necessity, college bred. The most spirited and aggressive article in the number follows at once from the pen of Professor Hart on the theme, "Historical Significance of the Progressive Party." It is a trenchant and direct statement, which, after the Progressive manner, does not hesitate to employ picturesque language, nor to state with succinct boldness the grievances and convictions of the new party. It must be conceded that something...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE | 11/2/1912 | See Source »

...know the meaning of the word Lampoon, and we advise such individuals to consult some standard dictionary. (A dictionary is a book that tells you things about words). Anyhow, it is still the object of the editors of the Harvard Lampoon to "try with trenchant pencil and sarcastic pen to hit off the foibles of our 'little world', and to open a field where the last jest at the club table, and the latest undergraduate freak may find a fitting place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAGAZINE CANDIDATES | 10/7/1912 | See Source »

...formerly, it is still the object of the editors of the Harvard Lampoon to try with trenchant pencil and sarcastic pen to hit off the foibles of our "little world" and to open a field where the last jest at the club table, and the latest undergraduate freak may find a fitting place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Calls for Candidates | 9/28/1912 | See Source »

...most significant athletic symposium of modern times will be pulled off this afternoon on the Freshman diamond shortly after the sun strikes four o'clock. At precisely that moment the Arterial Pen Pushers will attempt to spatter CRIMSON ink over the much-heralded Phi Beta Kappa nine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phi Beta Kappa vs. Crimson | 5/3/1912 | See Source »

...pertinent to ask, where are the Harvard Poets? In the past we sought them in the pleasant pages of the Monthly, and found them there, Moody, Mackaye, Carpenter, and Hunt; today they are gone, and the bubbling Castalian spring of college verse has been transformed into a sluggish fountain pen. The Harvard Monthly, famous for over twenty-five years for the quality and finish of its verse, should first attempt to waken the spirit of true poetical inspiration, and add new lustre to its honorable roll. May the editors never forget the fact, that a pretty good poem is like...

Author: By H. B. Sheahan ., | Title: WHERE ARE HARVARD'S POETS? | 11/4/1911 | See Source »

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