Word: penned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...very hard for even the oldest head in these times of fierce commotion to settle down to the book and pen. The blood of youth is very hot, and when the bugle blows to war young men are stirred by the desire for great deeds. Not one year in the past half century have the history book and the poetry book and the philosophy book seemed more vain and idle...
...oldest living graduate remembers it as a mewling Freshman, for us to publish warnings, exhortations, pleadings, and commands for men to study for their examinations. The aforesaid warnings come always nine days before, to provide the time of the proverbial wonder. Having done that, we laid aside the pen, with the conscious rectitude of a good duty well done...
...happen within this century. What they will be we do not know. But we may hope from those events this free government will emerge splendid and great. History is being written, as history is generally written, unknown to the writers, although they may feel some deep stirring of the pen that records. Knowing that the past is dissevered from the future, our young men of imagination might well be exalted to lofty and far-reaching hopes for their nation...
...Bacon and Mr. Rogers also deserve great credit for their work with pen and brush. The Lampoon has always had a high artistic standard. This reached the height of its glory in the Yale Game number for 1915, and the present board, if given time, could doubtless produce something to excel or even surpass that production...
...Beautiful Unknown," the American adaptation by Edward Paulton of a spirited Viennese operetta, clearly succeeded in delighting its early audience at the Majestic. Yet to those who remember the notable music of "The Chocolate Soldier" the latest work from the pen of Oscar Straus--with additional numbers by Sigmund Romberg--is somewhat of a disappointment. Not that the music is dull and wholly uninteresting; on the contrary, much of it is quite agreeable. There are some alluring waltz measures, some elaborate ensembles, and a vigorous and stirring march. But the orchestral score is heavy and far from inspired...