Word: style
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...summa cum laude. For Honors, the highest prize that the Department of the Classics has to bestow, the student must show distinguished ability in the writing of Greek and Latin prose. This subject is no mere exercise in grammar; it clears one's thoughts and trains one's style. Many of the best writers in England undoubtedly owe part of their excellence to this practice. The successful candidates for Honors in the Classics have for many years been among the foremost scholars of their classes...
...apostles, do not need my words." He declares his absolute acceptance of all four gospels as authentic and of equal value, despising the words and theology of the higher criticism. He wishes to write of the Christ whom he sees in the gospels, without let or hindrance. His style is somewhat wordy, but of unsurpassed brilliance in some parts, as, for example, where he describes the utter lowliness of the manger. Another characteristic of the book is its succession of keen historical settings. In three short pages he traces the history of Israel from the days of the slavery...
...HANDBOOK OF COOKERY FOR A SMALL HOUSE-Jessie Conrad (With a preface by Joseph Conrad)-Doubleday ($1.75). Joseph Conrad offers himself "modestly and gratefully as a Living Example" of his wife's art. Her style, lacking the richer beauties of his, has a toothsome directness. The following excerpt is characteristic: "The best plan is to soak the head in a bowl of cold water and a little salt all night, previously removing the brains." The quotation is from a fanciful essay entitled "Calf's Head...
...Prince of Wales: "At Hurlingham, the polo place, I wore a sweater which newspapers described as 'highly colored jazz material.' A style expert said I am like my grandfather, King Edward, independent in matters of dress...
...supplant, the old. The Department of Psychology at Yale after some experimentation, has adopted a plan whereby an examination is made up of two sets of questions of the objective type, to count one-third or one-half of the total mark, and a third division, containing old-style questions, to count two-thirds or one-half, as the case may be. In this way the originators hope to combine the advantages of both methods...