Word: sketching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lamont '16 has given us a very pretty little thumb nail sketch of Japanese scenes in "Nikko, the Beautiful." There is a fragrant freshness in that two-page description, something of oriental color which fairly gives us a whiff of the distinctive odor of the bambo. Immediately one is reminded of Lafcadio Hearn. It is a pity that Mr. Lamont did not build his description about one of those many fascinating plots that claim Japan as their birthplace...
...Paulding's specialty is the sketch. In the "Man on Stilts" he draws a good little portrait. He cannot be too much encouraged in perfecting this form of composition which is so unpopular but so artistic. Mr. Hillyer's "The Dawn of the Sunset" is an allegorical sketch of doubtful significance, but well phrased in its extreme brevity...
...instead of one long one. The committee finally selected the following: "L'Ecole des belles-mores," by Eugene Brieux; "L'Intruse," by Maurice Maeterlinck; and "Les deux sourds," by Moinaux. The first is a very spirited comedy, true to life and amusing; the second is a very subtle little sketch, pathetic and impressive, very hard to give, but which the Cercle attempts as a dramatic experiment; the third is a roaring farce...
Admirably miscellaneous in content, the current number of the Advocate would be worth nothing if only for the unexpected variety of the sketches and the poems. Only one worn theme appears. In "Instans Tyrannus" the author's occasional success in humorous phrasing gives only partial vitality to a rather cheap and bromidic sketch. The description of "The Round Up" by Mr. Fleming is vivid in spots and needs only a greater trimness of style to be even more effective. In his sketch after Tolstoi, Mr. Amory has achieved success in the difficult art of intelligent parody. The picture of Adam...
...Sketch, G. B. Blaine, G. H. Crocker, W. H. Meeker...