Word: toning
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...number of the Advocate is up to the usual standard except in its editorials. The editorials are not elegant in style, good in sentiment and matter or forcible in diction. Moreover, humor is born not made in a writer and the efforts here to be humorous injure the high tone that the Advocate editorials have hitherto had. In several instances there is evidence of lack of grasp of the subject, a flippancy of tone that is unbecoming and a general character foreign to good advocate editorials. It were best for the writers to recognize that the fault they find with...
...that of the Greek play of a few years ago. In this, none but students will take part. The play which will be given is the Phormio of Terence. The plot is much more complicated than that of those plays usually attempted. It is modern however in its tone...
...newspaper. The first number appeared in 1711 and continued for somewhat over a year with great success. Steele created the Spectator Club, and among other characters that of Sir Roger de Coverley. Steele had much the greater facility at the invention of incident and character, while Addison could tone these down and get them in proper form, as his friend could not. In December 1712 the Spectator came to an end, Addison in the last number killing Sir Roger, as he states himself "so their no one else should murder...
...judgment the following would go further in cleansing college sport and giving it a healthful national tone than restricting university athletics to the academic department...
...Saturday. This change will deprive every team which it affects of several good men, some more, some less, the number is only an incident, and not to be brought into the discussion, but it must be evident to every unprejudiced individual or institution that it will improve the tone of foot-ball. It is to be hoped, moreover, now that the ice is broken, that this provision will be extended without delay to all other branches of athletics...