Word: style
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...days, the editorials dealt with matters of no great importance and were often only exercises in style. Harvard has long needed a periodical which should be a forum for open discussion. The CRIMSON, being a newspaper primarily, does not have the space for this. Clearly, then, the Advocate becomes the logical medium. It seems now to be fulfilling this function. The editorials in the November Advocate deal with vital problems and are not mere literary essays. Harvard is a great University and, like all great institutions, is subject to criticism. It is well that this criticism should come from within...
...this time, there came a book from the publishers* which is, in the jargon of journalism, "of great news value."The book is written in a style that is distinctive of the "Gentlemen with a Duster." It champions Conservatism against both Liberalism and Socialism, and in so doing the language is direct, conclusive, partisan, brilliant. It is, or seems to be, a thousand pities that the author failed to include such Conservative personalities as Lord Curzon and the Duke of Devonshir. The dusting of these gentlemen might have disturbed the atmosphere at Westminster, convulsed the author with literary sneezes...
...style is vivid, almost nervous. The first chapter is the narration of a juryman in a case involving a suit for civil damages by the widow of a famed banker killed by a young lawyer, who used his beautiful wife to further his professional ambitions, only to find that she had been seduced by the famed banker; and who thereupon killed the trespasser and invoked the unwritten law. A note at the end of the chapter states that the facts were for the most part imaginary...
Even Americans, if thoughtful, will realize that a hybrid, even as American culture is hybrid, he caught the vigor and rude strength of life in newly settled California. His clear, pointed style has swept the ceremonious diction of the Victorian writers from American fiction; and above all, he express that gaiety and resilience which are the distinguishing American characteristics. Bret Harte is the prophet of humor and humanity, but like most prophets he is honored everywhere but in his own land...
...this fall Harvard has broken away more than almost ever before from the old, conservative style of football. After the first two games, pessimists argued that the Crimson was not provided with adequate formations and plays to develop into anything surpassing mediocrity. But when Dartmouth invaded the Stadium two weeks ago, it was evident the Harvard team had learned a few new plays. That fact was brought home with increased conviction last Saturday. To state that Harvard played conservative football against Boston University would be to state an absurdity. Any team that gains 128 yards in 14 forward passes...