Word: seem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Faith recognizes that life is a pilgrimage whose course and duration can not be forseen. The man who has no faith either accepts the uncertainty of life as a necessity of fate, he is caught in the net of a hidden destiny which to him can never seem anything else than a blind chance because there is no purpose and no love in ie: or else he fights against the uncertainty of life and tries to conquer it by his own skill and prudence and pertinacity. Thus every event that crosses his plan is a cause of anxiety and irritation...
...mere sketch, but carefully and consistently written. The description of the little old lady is so telling as to be worthy quoting, though it consists of only two sentences. "She must have been about sixty, but her face was one of those so thoroughly good that they almost seem pretty. Her dress was exquisitely neat, and her hair was drawn smoothly back from the forehead and partly hidden by an immaculate white...
...subject of ventilation in college recitation rooms has been the theme of numberless complaints. These protests seem to have had little effect, however, as the air in many of the rooms continues abominable. The surprising part of it all is that the men themselves do not take one of the remedies into their own hands, and open some windows. A class will sit through a recitation with every window tight shut, will grow drowsier every minute the air grows worse, and yet no one will have the common sense to open two windows a few inches...
...other three stories, "The Con- version of the Princess Anna" is the best, There is a light vivacious, touch distinctly appropriate to the bit of History's which the author narrates. While "Old Henry's Treasure," and "One in Forty" do not seem to be particularly strong, yet the former has one or two good touches and the latter shows promise...
...Kodaks," the first, second and last seem the best. The one about the Dean's smile is delightful, and we should. like to meet the young lady who was not surprised at an oath. The editorials are on the whole, clear and perspicuous, though it seems as if the Advocate's scheme for assigning College "Aid" might lead to a still further development of "swiping" as a device for obtaining high marks...