Word: writer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...plan of the Debating Council makes possible by encouraging the organization of informal groups of congenial men for purposes of discussion, to whom it offers the advantage of the helpful, frank criticism of older and experienced debaters,--an inducement which was formerly held out to the clubs. A recent writer in the Monthly complained justly of the deplorable lack of interest shown by undergraduates in important current public questions and we are continually being urged to take an active interest in these questions by prominent men who visit us, as we were by the Bishop of London Tuesday night...
...story stands it gives one a vivid and gruesome picture of a mining accident. But as writing it has many faults. The short jerky sentences which might have been effective if used only for the climax of excitement become wearisome when used in paragraph after paragraph; and the writer's vocabulary lacks variety. The incident is related in the first person, but the style hesitates in a disconcerting way between the colloquial and the literary. Mr. Sheldon's "Delilah" is badly named, for the pathetic female figure finds no prototype in the Philistine woman, and the hero is anything...
...feeling of homesickness for the sea; and Mr. E. E. Hunt's ballital shows surprising success in a very difficult form of verse. A fantasy like Mr. C. H. Dickerman's "The Haunted Palace" could only be regarded as successful through the excellence of its technique. But the writer allows himself too much license to claim any triumph of this kind. Whenever the thought presses against the limits of the verse, the verse gives way and changes its form. This is hardly playing the game...
...CRIMSON prints in another column a communication offering suggestions for improving the cheering at the Yale game. We agree with the writer that this should be the occasion of a greater demonstration, provided it is conducted in such a way as not to delay or interfere with the game. The success of a parade to the field, depends upon the disposition of a large number of undergraduates to make a slight personal sacrifice. As the game comes on the day before Class Day, many men, underclassmen as well as Seniors, will have friends in Cambridge, and it is hardly fair...
...seats are reserved, no man who marches in the parade will be forced to stand, no matter how large the crowd may be. This arrangement should remove one of the most serious obstacles in the way of united cheering, and should assure a hearty support for the team. The writer of the communication further objects that men who purchase a seat in a cheering section are not allowed to procure seats for their friends. This objection is clearly a reasonable one, and we believe that again it does not apply to this year's arrangements. Men who make sacrifices...