Word: well
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...many college writers try to be merely clever and so waste their power. An instance of this in the present number of the Advocate is "Three Dialogues and a Monologue." It does succeed in being clever. It concerns a young man and a young woman who understand each other well enough to be in a delightful relation of good fellowship, which makes their dialogue amusing and very readable...
...Different Corner," an answer to Harvard Episodes, is above cleverness. It has a serious intent and contains genuine sentiment. There is no attempt to express more than a small part of the ideal side of Harvard life, but it is an effort in the right direction and well done. The writer of "A Cuban Romance" might have made more of his subject without making his story any longer. The writing is forcible and compelling, however. An amusing incident is related in "A Sketch...
...whole the material is showing up only fairly well even for this time of the year when good results are scarcely to be expected. No real hard work has been done yet, but in the course of a few days, the men will get down to the more severe work of base running and sliding. At present the practice consists merely of light drills, field work in the cage and starting. A short run usually terminates the day's work...
...improvement in general team play. Tech. was clearly outplayed during the first half, at the end of which the score stood 2 to 0. The second half was more even, both teams scoring one point. Tech. was somewhat handicapped by the loss of Hopkins, but did not play together well. Goodridge, Beardsell and Matteson scored the goals for Harvard, and Walworth for Tech...
...know that the University has ever attempted to honor the great president, but it is a custom well worth beginning. Lincoln was not a college graduate. Modern education can not claim him as its product. But it is nevertheless most fitting that the colleges should lead in the movement to show respect for him, because he possessed almost as natural traits many of the finest mental and moral qualities which America is nowadays trying to develop by means of her educational institutions...