Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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College magazines have, probably even among magazines, the most hectically varied careers known to man. They prosper, they fail, they revive; are alternately feeble, invisible and brilliant, according to the qualities of each rapidly succeeding generation. Of late, the Advocate has been passing through a period of eclipse,--if not total, at any rate partial. Before that, it was in the hands of poets and became a sort of serial anthology. With much work that was of course mediocre, it also printed a good deal of very exceptional verse by such poets as S. Foster Damon, Robert Hillyer, William Norris...
...extra five-minute period which was played in an attempt to decide the contest was marked by the fastest playing and stiffest defence of the evening for both sides. W. J. Louderback '20, at goal for the informals, twice prevented scores by brilliant stops, while Mackay, for the Wanderers, was also responsible for staving off defeat for his team. At the end of the period the playing was as even as at the beginning and the game was called...
...latest achievement makes the third German that Putnam has shot down since his arrival on the battle front two months ago. Putnam and others of his fellow airmen in the Lafayette Escadrille, have been taking advantage on the recent mild weather on the French front and have continued their brilliant exploits by bringing down three enemy machines in all, losing none themselves...
...line with the requirements of the modern world. In order to bring this about it has been proposed to abolish the necessity of candidates studying two classical languages. This, however applies only to the "ordinary" courses, as distinguished from the "honor" courses, the latter being for the more brilliant students...
...close game played on the Charlesbank rink yesterday afternoon. The engagement was played on poor ice covered with a thin coat of snow, which made accurate passing and shooting difficult. Fast work, however, was shown both by the informals and by the Brookline team, and in several instances brilliant hockey was displayed. The school team had a strong defence and offence, but used little team-play. The individual men were expert players, but their attack was broken up in most cases by the heavier skaters of the informals...