Word: poems
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rather intangible subject. It is bright and readable throughout, and free from any hint of triteness in material or phrasing. John Albert Macy '99 contributes a story called "John Anderson, Deputy." It is vivid and real from beginning to end, vigorous, and thoroughly worth reading. "June", a poem by John Corbin '92, is perhaps a little uneven in quality, but it is high praise to say that in many lines it comes very close to the spirit of its title. "The Salvation Army", by Witter Bynner '02, is a half quizzical bit of verse, which very aptly phrases the attitude...
...annual undergraduate dinner of the Harvard chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society will be held at 7 o'clock this evening in the Hotel Lenox, Boston. H. A. Bellows '06 will act as toastmaster, and the annual poem will be spoken by S. T. Gano '07, and the oration by G. W. Harris '07. Toasts will be responded to by the following men: N. Kelley '06, C. T. Ryder '06, A. E. Wood '06, H. P. Arnold '06, and A. N. Holcombe '06, as well as by H. Beal and E. W. Chadwick representing the Yale and Pennsylvania chapters...
...Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize, consisting of $100 and a silver medal, has been awarded to R. E. Rogers '09 for his poem on Serge Witte. The poem will be printed in an early number of the Monthly. The committee of the Department of English which chooses the successful candidate is composed of Professor Barrett Wendell '77, Professor G. L. Kittredge '82, and Professor G. P. Baker...
...contents of the May issue of the Monthly, which appears today, are as follows: "Valor", poem recited at the annual Phi Beta Kappa banquet in 1902, by the late N. S. Shaler '62; "The Demise of Cap'n Ben", by C. H. Brown '05; "The Meeting", by R. E. Rogers '09; "An Empty Glass", by E. B. Sheldon '08; "The Question", by H. A. Bellows '06; "Ruth's Sister", by S. D. Malcolm '06; "Sea-Spell", by J. H. Wheelock '08; "The Monk", by W. L. Stoddard '07; "Saga of Lief Erickson", by C. T. Ryder '06; "The Color...
...three years ago he published "Elizabeth of England", a drama in five acts, each in a separate volume, written in blank verse. He wrote this to disprove the statement so often made that prolonged scientific study unfits a man for literary activity. He also wrote the Phi Beta Kappa poem...