Word: poet
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...speech. They are earnest, eager, painstaking and -- traditional. The author has not yet quite released himself from his models,--for a guess, Tennyson in poetry and Pater in the prose. Of the poems, "The Death of Penelope" is by far the longest flight; and it is well sustained. The poet's observation of the scenic world is close and sympathetic, and it is matched by considerable skill of descriptive phrase. Of briefer compass, the lyrics are not without charm, notably, "Weitschmerz," "The Vision of Heart's Delight," and "Laughter and the Rain." The ethical impulse is strong in the author...
...program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening is as follows: 1. Fost March, Triebel 2. Waltz, "Espana." Waldteufel 3. Overture. "Poet and Peasant." Suppe ('Collo Solo, Mr. Keller). 4. Selection, "Madame Sherry," Hoshna 5. Suite, "Peer Gynt," Grieg a. Morning Mood. b. Anitra's Dance. c. In the Hall of the Mountain King. 6. Organ Soli. a. Cantilene Nuptiale. Dubois b. March of the Priests from "Athalie," Mendelssohn 7. Selection, "Faust," Gounod 8. Entree Triomphale des Boyards, Halvorsen 9. Infiammatus from "Stabat Mater," Rossini (Cornet Solo, Mr. Heim). 10. Waltz, "Roses from the South," Strauss 11. Entrlacte...
...your columns to call attention to a little bit of a book just out called "Who's Who and Who Isn't" by Charles T. Ryder '067 Ryder was probably the best poet at Harvard eight or nine years ago, and was the first to get the Garrison prize. This little book, in which he sixes up in funny poems the geniuses of the time, alphabetically arranged, is extremely clever, cheerful and full of delicate wit. The illustrations, made by the same author are most grotesquely amusing. Here is a literary trifle that will appeal to undergraduates and graduates alike...
...annual undergraduate dinner of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will be held at the City Club, Boston, this evening at 6.30 o'clock. Professor R. B. Perry '97, of the Department of Philosophy, will speak. D. Kimball '15 will be orator and W. M. Washburn '15, poet, of the evening. The Harvard Chapter will have as its guests representatives from the chapters at Princeton, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. P. B. Potter '14, first marshal of Phi Beta Kappa, will preside at the dinner...
...Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will be held at the City Club, Boston, next Friday evening. Professor R. B. Perry '97, of the Department of Philosophy, will speak. Day Kimball '15, of Boston, will be orator and Watson McLay Washburn '15, of New York, N. Y., poet, of the evening. Representatives from the chapters at Princeton, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania will be present, P. B. Potter '14, first Marshal of Phi Beta Kappa for 1914, will preside...