Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exhibit has been arranged in the Widener Memorial Room and will be on display through next week. Manuscripts made while the author of "Alice in Wonderland" was a student at Eton and Oxford, Carroll's own copy of the first edition of the classic fairy tale, and the first rough draft for "Through the Looking Glass," are among the many treasures in the exhibition...
...second: "My last day as Chief of the Imperial General Staff brings you very much to my mind and those glorious days when together, in rough and boisterous times, we fought for our country. I cannot therefore let the day die without a word of admiration for the part you then played and for the many kindnesses I received from...
...might take exception to the language. In spots it is rough and, it seems to me, out of place on the printed page. Perhaps it is characteristic of our age, but not more so than of most ages. Somehow it is reminiscent of "Flaming Youth" or "The Plastic Age," literature acceptable to adolescent prep-school minds but hardly of lasting importance...
...country than the United States. "The background of England is infinitely richer," Mr. Aiken went on; "English society is cultured from top to bottom. There is more opportunity for the novelist to draw on human consciousness. The English country-side particularly appeals to the author. In America everything is rough, ready, uncouth, forlorn, and dilapidated. There is a feeling that American civilization is only temporary, to which England's age and historic and literary tradition offer a striking contrast. That is why literary figures such as J. G. Fletcher, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound have taken up their residence...
...Storey '30, last year's Freshman bulwark, through ineligibility will undoubtedly prove a serious handicap. J. E. Barrett '30, Storey's running mate last year, is the leading prospect for relief work. He is the solid, powerful type of tackle who can stand and administer plenty of rough treatment. H. L. Levin '29, T. H. Alcock 28, and F. Z. Davis '30 are the other tackles on the University squad. Levin rose from the class ranks to Second team standing last year, and this year looms as one of the best University substitute possibilities. Both Alcock and Davis were promoted...