Word: prose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...McCulloch, Jr., contributes a only other prose article. "A Pupil of Giotte" describes the single masterpiece of an Italian painter, and tells how the artist was so fearful of overshadowing his master's fame that he renounced his profession for the convent...
...publication of a volume of poems is a very formidable undertaking for an undergraduate, but it has been successfully accomplished by Mr. Pfeiffer of the senior class. Under the title of Practice Papers he has collected a number of short poems and prose sketches, some of which have already appeared in the college papers, but most of which are now published for the first time. The book is divided into two parts, the first, called "First Strokes" includes pieces written before 1882. Some of the poems notably "Sweet Sleep" and "Accusation" show good ideas and a delicate appreciation...
...retention of the impression, reproduction and localization. Carrying out this main idea the author has constructed a number of ingenious tables or series of related objects, joining them together by what he calls "links of suggestion." These tables are to be memorized by general training. In memorizing selections of prose, the plan is to select the leading words, and from them to construct a mnemonic chain. The idea of mnemonic series is not a new one, and at first glance it seems doubtful whether this method will prove of more service than the others that have been suggested. To most...
Again with weighty theme his gleaming prose...
...last prose article, "Partisanship or Independence in Politics-a Choice," is contributed by Mr. H. H. Darling. It takes the opposite ground from Mr. M. Storey's "Politics as a duty and as Career," in advocating party organization rather than personal independence. The writer divides independent voters into five classes, and after showing that the first three are objectionable on moral grounds, claims that the experience of the last few years has proved the inexpediency of the others. While the influence of the last two classes appears to be underrated, the argument for the formation of political parties is strong...