Word: things
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...spoke of Stevenson as a stylist, a constructor of stories and as a moralist. He mentioned Stevenson's early ambition to become a writer and the desperate real with which he worked towards that end. "The lesson of Stevenson's life," he said, "is that it is a fine thing to be brave." Professor Van Dyke, in speaking of the precision in the choice of words which is to manifest in all of Stevenson's works, said: "The willingness to be satisfied with the wrong word, the wrong color, is the sign of an inferior author. A brilliant writer...
...worst thing about "Dearth" is its title. In "The Witch-Child," by H. A. Bellows, the old ballad theme of "Kemp Owyne" is treated in a manner suggested by a familiar poem by Keats--a sufficiently ambitious attempt which might have been more disastrous than...
...altogether too tolerant of the Cambridge small boy. There is only one thing to do: Keep him off the University grounds. Then, when he is caught red-handed in a theft, turn him over to the police to be made an example of. This is the advice of the police themselves. The recent success of shutting this little pest out of Yard concerts, only shows how unnecessarily long suffering we have been. UNDERGRADUATE...
...joined the Union. It was found that there are a large number of men who cannot join because the dues are beyond their means. There is another large class, however, who can afford to join, but have not done so through carelessness or indifference. It is a good thing to urge these men to join the Union. When such a splendid gift has been given to the University the least that a man who can well afford to join can do, is to give it his support by becoming a member...
...funniest thing in the paper, however, is the evidence of the desire to be considered "wicked," presented in the seeming suppression of a drawing under the black ink smudge on the front page. This illustration is peculiarly fetching when seen on a news stand, and is such a satisfactory solution of the front-page problem that it seems strange it has not been used oftener...