Word: pompousity
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...Scarlet Letter" has always seemed to us eminently fitting; yet we had never thought the mere non-Latinist deserved such a brand. But perhaps it is for the benefit of the public. Peter Barnum said the public liked to be fooled; and we certainly fool the public with our pompous scientific degree. Meanwhile, the initiated know that the yellow crow's-foot indicates "not knowledge of science, but ignorance of Latin"; and they wonder even at the steadfastness of tradition...
...Owen Wister contributes a truly admirable article on Dr. Furness, marred only for a moment by a trace of that pompous omniscience which has prompted him in recent years to pose as both Nestor and Mentor to learning. Jeremiah Smith '56 contributes an article on his class-mate Major Herrod, and Professor Wendell a sympathetic notice on E. M. Wheelwright. The editor conclusively proves that distinction and longevity are reserved for Phi Beta Kappa men, and the Man Behind The Graduate's Window makes a witty plea that the College muckraker should understand before he fires...
...Biggers's play is a comedy, but there is in it more than a little of the poignant, the near-tragic, Marie Gilmore, a leading lady, is in love with Billy Kinsman, the butterfly son of a self-made millionaire who of late has been "doing society" with his pompous wife. It becomes the duty of the actress to show this family their foibles, to tear the masks from their faces, to discover them unto themselves as genuinely human beings. This task takes her through the better part of four acts, sees her at one point a comedy character...
...plot, which is slender, but on its unusual scenes, its swift action, its stinging satire and the spirited delineation of character. The performance last night was remarkably smooth, the cast of thirty-four persons being of more than average ability. C. B. Wetherell '08 played Overdo, the pompous justice of the peace, with signal success. H. R. Shipherd '08 was successful throughout in his rendering of Waspe, the long-suffering man servant and brought down the house in the amusing stock scene by his clever acting while effecting his escape from the stocks. F. A. Wilmot '10 shared with...
...Newly Discovered Fragment from a Voyage to Lilliput," by F. D. Roosevelt; "In the Morning," signed P. Blair; and "Scraggy," by R. G. Fuller. The last is the most original in conception and the best told. A short essay, "Identity," by Judson Greely, is sincere without being either pompous or ministerial, thanks to a rather bright way of putting things...