Word: yet
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Follett's verse, "Bon Voyage," is at least graceful throughout; the last two lines impress by their sincerity. Mr. Ford's "Appearances at Oxford" is an unstudied attempt to reflect the daily life of our English undergraduate cousins; occasionally the style becomes too colloquial, yet, on the whole, the article is interesting and extremely readable. The four sonnets, on familiar college types, by Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez possess a finished gaiety not often found in academic publications. "The Goody" and "The Waitress" are particularly successful. The general resemblance of the sonnets to W. E. Henley's similar series is agreeably felt...
...stories, "American Beauties" and "The Great Question," are somewhat alike in containing excellent ideas and sharply-drawn characters, yet falling in workmanlike construction. Regarded from this point of view, their amateur authorship is plain. But the Swedish servant, whose one accomplishment is milking reindeer, and the stumbling thoughts of the rose-growing old lady contain many striking touches...
...genuinely individual. It is poetically satisfying; indeed the second and third stanzas are instinct with are potency. Mr. Porter's "Matter of Conscience" is a trifle too self-conscious to be completely successful, and neither of the two figures emerges from the scholastic vagueness of the story's atmosphere. Yet the style is one of case and experience...
...coach has been secured as yet, but Captain Jones has several men under consideration who will be able to co-operate with him in the coaching of the team this spring...
...yet been decided whether Fish or Browne will start the game at centre; both men played that position yesterday. Scribner took Allen's place in the latter part of the game, and threw two baskets. He will make a valuable substitute in case either of the forwards is injured...