Word: vigor
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...pity that the Advocate should devote so much of its space to stories of this nature. In the first place a little more care might be used to discriminate correctly between what is tragic, and what is merely gory. Again, though many of these tales are written with genuine vigor and dash, they should not be allowed to take precedence of the large field of light literature, dealing with more delicate and more polished themes. This field the Advocate seldom penetrates, and it might be cultivated with profit both to writers and to readers...
...dispelled. The demand for tickets for the Cambridge performances has been greater than the supply and only a few poor seats can now be obtained for the Boston performances on Monday and Tuesday. The many specialties are most enthusiastically received and the whole show goes off with snap and vigor...
...baseball team has shown marked improvement since practice was begun on the diamond, nearly three weeks ago. The play in all the games has been characterized by snap and vigor, showing in every man that the thorough training of Coach Earle has by no means been in vain. The policy in regard to the consolidated team will differ materially this season from last year's arrangements. Games with neighboring teams have been scheduled and uniforms given to the men. The following men have been taken to the training table, which was started on April 7: Bradley '97, Altman '97, Wilson...
...wrong. That if they declared that what is virtually a gold standard here in the United States has been beneficial, they were mistaken. And that to definitively adopt a single gold standard would be to bring about the evils of silver monometallism. The rebuttals were full of snap and vigor and were by far the most interesting parts of the evening. During the speeches the different methods of presentations of the two sets of men was noticeable. While the contrast was not marked it was nevertheless noticeable that the Harvard speakers and Clark of Yale, spoke calmly and with force...
...which he was a member. Only thirty-seven years old he had the best half of his life still before him. The work which he had devoted himself to was one of the greatest public importance and benefit, and he himself, by virtue of rare foresight, clear-headedness, vigor, artistic taste, generosity and nobility of purpose united with high public spirit, had already become one of the most valuable citizens of the commonwealth...