Word: styling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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With a modesty at once genuine and in part justified, Mr. Butler-Thwing characterizes his slender volume of Verses and prose Essays as "the sincere, even if badly expressed, life-and-death thoughts of a very young man." The Essays, though competent in style, will hardly outlive the occasion which they originally served. The Verses have somewhat more of significance and distinction. Thoughtful and manifestly sincere, they are the expression of a serious mind which has not yet reached its full maturity. Without sincerity there is no great art, but sincerity alone is not quite the whole story. Mr. Butler...
...longest and most notable prose piece in the July number of the Monthly is "Leaf, Somebody's Son" by A. Calvert Smith. The author makes ingenious use of the small boy's point of view to relate a fragment of the Saga of Eric the Red. The difficult style is well sustained, and the story is remarkable for happily chosen details. The small space devoted to the inner plot will disappoint readers who admire Kipling's "Puck of Puck Hill" series...
...marked departure from the usual dormitory scheme will be made, in that the halls will be built in scattered units accommodating about fifty men each. They will be in English Collegiate Gothie style of rough stone and artistically grouped on the slope. Several halls or commons will be provided for each...
...hitting of Neal and Enright counted heavily in Exeter's scoring. Neal's long home-run over the head of right-fielder Baker, who fielded the ball in extremely weird style, assured victory for the New Hampshire team...
...University second baseball team will meet the strong Newton High School Club on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Seconds have rounded into good form during the last two weeks and now appear to be going in fine style. Captain M. B. Phillips '15 has not decided which pitcher will start against the Newtonians this afternoon, but either Whitney, who pitched so well against Pomfret last week, or Macdonald will hurl...