Word: wrongfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Much has been said and written about what is wrong with the modern novel, but "The Dark Chamber" exhibits two of its greatest defects. The irrepressible desire to wallow in the morbidities of sex is one. The other is the continual effort to attain a "precious" style. Cline's efforts run to the use of esoteric words and a "lyric" prose...
...Davin, Yale '26: "The only thing that is wrong if a belief that nothing is wrong...
...Peieris, Yale '26: "The only thing wrong is that Harvard does not appreciate Yale's superiority...
...betrays the nearness of the eight ahead, the cox hitherto vociferous in his assertions that the crew is "right up on them" becomes suddenly silent. The time has come when he must earn his passage. Slowly, infinitely slowly, the bows curve in. Too much rudder or a shot the wrong way, for it is impossible to see, means ruin. But he knows his boat and can tell from the feel what is happening. At last there is a slight jolt and the cox ahead rises his hand. But it is a tremendous relief to all when "easy all' follows...
...flagrantly erroneous that it hardly needs refutation," said Strawn, "but it affords an excellent starting point for a discussion of the lawyer's true function and place in society. I want to give the law school men a statement of legal ethics, and at the same time destory any wrong impressions which may have lodged in the minds of those who may have read the article...