Word: phrased
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...requirements for the Degree with Distinction in History and Political Science have been amended by substituting "not including more than two from courses regularly open to Freshmen" in place of the phrase "not including more than two from the lower group...
...least one benefit to be derived from the present plan is the abolition of the phrase "Freshman beer night." To the uninitiated and innocent outsider, there words are assumed to mean monstrous things and the use of the words together to the imaginative mind denotes all manner of treacherous pitfalls and what not for the innocent Freshmen. To those who have experienced the peacefulness of these affairs, such conjectures are highly humorous; still, it is a good thing to have the phrase dropped from our colloquial vocabulary...
...When, to use a detestable phrase, you go out into the battle of life you will be confronted by an organized conspiracy which will try to make you believe that the world is governed by the idea of wealth for wealth's sake, and that all means which lead to the acquisition of that wealth are, if not laudable, at least expedient. Those of you who have fitly imbibed the spirit of our university--and it was not a materialistic university which trained a scholar to take both the Graven and the Ireland in England--will violently resent that thought...
...poetry, E. E. Hunt's translation and P. A. Hutchison's "Quatrain" are well-phrased, and the "Song" by W. G. Tinckom-Fernandez has a pleasing melody. But most notable is J. H. Wheelock's "Dawn in the City," which, in spite of serious defects, is well worth reading. Its merit lies in the vividness of its pictures, and the success the writer achieves in conveying the feeling inspired by a prospect of city streets in the gray light of morning. In this it recalls some of Mr. Henley's London poems. But its effectiveness is weakened by a curious...
...Spring" by P. G. Clapp '09, and the irresistibly clever and fascinating Scherzo by G. L. Foote '08. At the same time there was serious thought in the pieces by E. Royce '097 and the trio by R. L. Sweet '08 showed an uncommon power for sustained breadth of phrase. The group of songs showed H. L. Murphy's voice to excellent advantage. The quartets by Brahms and Osgood were well balanced and carefully shaded...