Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...book without gaining encouragement and new strength for the fight to maintain high ideals. There is no reason why the advice and inspiration contained in this generous gift should be limited to the Freshmen. anyone who buys the book will find something helpful, something which will make the world seem brighter and the daily tasks less arduous...
...Whittlesey's interesting "Travler," a tramp, seems also to have been drawn from life. At any rate, we seem to recognize the sort of road-side philosophy that he discourses, even if it is hard to reconcile ideas and vocabulary...
...Vitality is the essence of the performance. The Wolsey of Sir Herbert Tree, the King Henry of Mr. Lyn Harding, the Queen Katharine of Miss Edith Wynne Matthison seem to have stepped from the canvasses of Holbein at Hampton Court, so veracious are they in posture and costume. But they do more than fill the eye. The vigor and pulse of their reality and the magnetism of their life touch our emotions and make us understand the human qualities of these princely beings...
This year the team needs more than the passive presence of the undergraduate body. Every man's support at the games is vitally necessary to aid in the team's development for the ultimate victory at New Haven. Enthusiastic, interested cheering may seem of small value to certain lazy individuals, but the men who know and appreciate this form of encouragement are the players. At the crucial moment, when the enemy is threatening our goal line, a ringing cheer, with its instant, psychological effect, often turns defeat into victory...
...Hampden, characterizing John Rawson, a wealthy Western mine owner, gains in effectiveness as the action progresses, and despite the quite improbable plot in which the author has placed him, makes very creditable account of himself. But light roles do not seem to fit him as well as those more serious ones which he has heretofore taken...