Word: tales
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Very different is Edward Richard's tale of the Franco-Prussian War, a straight-forward, vigorous story, with a refreshing roughness about it. "Pursuit," by W. Stevens '01, and "A Friend's Privileges," by Lewis D. Humphrey '01, are of the daily theme type. The most interesting contribution to the number is a short and "chatty" tale, "My Uncle, the Ghost," by A. H. Gilbert '01. It contains a touch of wit, which is rarely found in the Advocate's stories...
...Modern Language Conference. The Tale of Wade and Wade's Boat. Dr. A. C. Garrett. Warren House, 2d floor...
...tackling and breaking through, but lately they have lined-up against one another in elevens. In addition, the men have received individual coaching from Shaw and J. L. Knox 2L. The squad was cut down to seventy men on Monday, fifteen of whom will be taken to training-tale in about ten days...
...welcomes even such a hackneyed theme as "The Cox'n," and a tale so slight as "Old Kearney," for their contrasting nearness to the College. "The Conversion of Cavendish" does not deal with religion, but is an overdone burlesque on golf containing a swear word and nothing else to speak...
...enlistment of graduates or undergraduates, send it to swell the list that is to be printed. The choice of the Brooks House site is supported rather doubtfully, and the new building is pictured in the frontispiece. Among other things, the uniquely interesting talk "From a Graduate's Window," the tale of the institution of the Harvard Alumni Association in the West, and the appreciative review of President Eliot's essays help to make up a very valuable number...