Word: clear
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...series of the Cantabrigia Club. Mr. Fox prefaced his reading with a short sketch of the Kentucky mountaineer in order to make the stories more intelligible to those who were unfamiliar with this unique type of American character. Mr. Fox has portrayed this character in his stories with a clear insight and a fine sense of humore. His complete mastery of the dialect, from having been much among the mountaineers, and his understanding of their character, give his readings a peculiar interest and charm...
...chapter of the controversy. To everybody except, as it seems, the managers themselves, it was apparent that the suggestion was made with the best of intentions. However, if any one in addition to the '97 manager feels called upon to file an affidavit, the CRIMSON will be glad to clear his fair name of all dishonor...
...present case an attempt has been made to carry it beyond the bounds of honor. The difference between handing in answers to these questions which one has not worked up himself and handing in as one's own a thesis that another man has written, is not clear...
...which appears today contains several bits of verse of the usual Advocate quality, and six stories or sketches, none of which are bad, and two or three of which are well above the average. An unsigned sketch parading under the deceptive title "College Kodaks," produces a very full and clear impression in a page of remarkably simple almost matter of fact narrative. "To Say the Least: Ungentlemanly," by H. Williams, Jr., is much in the Stockton vein. The off-hand rapidity of the action is most admirably suited to its impossible but amusing plot. "By Two," by F. M. Alger...
...best poem is the "Ballade of Decadeney," being a retort to Max Nordau, "Lest We Forget" borrows its title as well as its metre from Kipling's Recessional, but beyond this and its religious character the connection is not clear. In fact, the second half of the poem will be a puzzle to the ordinary reader...