Word: straw
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ludicrous." In Hawthorne, "the scarecrow Feathertop is ridiculous, as the emblem of a superficial fop;" in Mr. MacKaye's play, "the scarecrow Ravensbane is pitiful, as the emblem of human bathos." The play has a profound significance. It shows man growing through sympathy and affection from a thing of straw into a spiritual being...
...scarecrow, who, under the title of Lord Ravensbane, is sent into the world to avenge on Rachel, the daughter of Justice Merton, the wrong that the latter in his youth has inflicted on the witch. Attended by Dickon, "a Yankee impersonation of the Prince of Darkness," Ravensbane, a perfect straw-man, goes forth...
...notice in Saturday morning's CRIMSON, that a victory is ascribed to Johnson over Bryan in Friday's straw ballot. I wish to take issue with this misleading statement. As a matter of fact, Bryan received a big majority over Johnson from the Democratic voters. It is ludicrous, to say the least, to count Republican votes for Democratic nominees, unless a Democrat is given first or second place. To force a Republican to vote for two Democrats is something quite apart from actual politics; nor are Democrats supposed to vote for Republicans in an actual election. The mere fact that...
...result of the straw ballot for the election of president of the United States, held under the auspices of the Harvard Political Club in the CRIMSON office yesterday, resulted as follows...
...meeting held last night of the Political Club committee appointed to arrange for a straw ballot, it was decided to hold the ballot for president next Friday in the office of the CRIMSON between the hours...