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...successful; and if this is the case, it seems safe to assume an even greater success for plays which have a more popular and racial appeal. Moreover the Harvard Dramatic Club will, by a series of competitions, select the best acting talent in the University as a whole; its sphere is far greater than any existing organization; its chances are, then, far better. At almost every other college of considerable size, there is a dramatic club, which presents in English modern plays, of popular appeal, with a cast carefully selected from the best the University can provide...
Although it is hardly within the sphere of the CRIMSON to criticise the other College papers, we feel that the parody on "Fair Harvard" in the last number of the Lampoon calls for some adverse comment. The writer may have intended to ridicule away the suggestion that more appropriate words could be chosen for "Fair Harvard," but his verses seem to be in extremely poor taste. Harvard may take pride in its freedom from antiquated traditions, but it is possible to carry cynicism too far. The song, which is parodied in the Lampoon, has meant much to generations of Harvard...
These games are athletic contests on Harvard ground, and as soon as we mention the name of Harvard, we mention thereby its instructors and its officers. In the academic sphere of Harvard, the instructors and officers rank first. Their number is limited and could not under any circumstance take away many seats from...
...visit of the Prince of Wales to Harvard have but little merit. The number closes with a review of "The Flame of Life," by Gabriele D'Anunzio. It is ambitious and extravagant and together with an article by B. A. Mackinnon called "Fuller's Proposal," wholly outside the sphere of the magazine. In general, the number fails to give the impression of the College that it set as its original standard...
With this tendency toward romanticism, Stevenson naturally chose story writing as the first sphere of his literary activity. In his succeeding books Stevenson sounded a more serious note. "It begins to seem to me to be a man's business to leave off his damnable faces and to say his say," he quoted, in one of his letters. He began to turn from romance to reality...