Word: reader
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...George Riddle '74 will speak in Sanders Theatre on Friday evening, February 20, under the auspices of the University Debating Club, on "The Decadence of English Speech." Mr. Riddle was instructor in elocution at the University from 1878-1881. He is one of the best known public readers in the country and has given Shakespearean and other readings in all the principal cities of the United States; he is the author of "A Modern Reader and Speaker." The lecture will be open to the public...
...style. Rather a clever plot is developed in "The End of Blackwell's Tiger," which deals with the carelessness of a revenue officer. The author of "In the Valley Woodlands," has introduced same very good word painting into his story which although only a page in length gives the reader some idea of the suffering that exists on a battle field. One story which is hardly appropriate is "The Baby Uncle...
...topic, the editorials are inadequate in treatment and betray an attempt at force by the too common artifice of writing at the top of one's voice. "O-Yuki-San's Love" is almost photographic in its vivid description of Japanese life. With scenes more nearly within the average reader's experience, there are great possibilities for a writer of such keen observation...
...appeals to one more strongly through its illustrations than its reading matter. The articles on "The Armature Drop and Regulation of Alternators," by Assistant Professor Adams, and on "Wind Stresses in Railway Bridges," by Assistant Professor Johnson, are too technical to be quite appreciated by the reader not scientifically well versed, though doubtless to one familiar with the subjects dealt with they are entertaining and enlightening. Of the other articles in the number, "The Cambridge Bridge," by J. E. Chency '67 and "The Rapid Transit Subway in New York," by E. M. Blake '99, which are reprinted from lectures before...
...Reader--"Magda," by H. C. Greene '94; Review of "Stage Confidences," by J. D. Barry...