Word: contention
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...appeal to the fairness or good manners of the disturbers will restrain their exhilarated spirits, we suggest that they retire to the seclusion of their rooms, and, calling to mind all the humorous incidents of the previous hour, shout, and stamp to their hearts' content...
Even more serious than small attendance is the lack of intelligent discussion. Very often the men who speak at class meetings have as their only qualification their vocal training, while those who have opinions of real value are content to express them merely by their votes. We do not believe that the present classes are too large or unwieldy to act as powerful units in the life of the University; but a class, in order to be efficient, must be strong in individuals, who are willing to show their interest and express their sentiments freely...
...experience will be required before the new board can hope to reach the level maintained by Mr. Hagedorn and his associates. The material here presented is by no means bad, but it needs editing. The lay sermon on "College Dilettantism" which opens the number is admirable in tone and content, but could have been made more effective with fewer words; and the editorials are clumsily written. In "Up from the Depths" Mr. David shows that he possesses good material, and as the story stands it gives one a vivid and gruesome picture of a mining accident. But as writing...
...they made seven errors in the six slow innings--more than they have made in the last three games taken together. They secured only one clean hit from Hicks, who pitched for the Freshmen. Saturday's strenuous game took all the life out of the men, and they were content to allow the Freshmen to gain a big lead which they were unable to overcome. Captain Dexter, Leonard, and Howe were excused from practice and given a complete rest...
...John L. Warren is the best told of the stories. It relates an amusing point of view, which is unusually well realized and sustained. It is distinguished from the other two stories by greater maturity of manner and evenness of development. These other stories are at once unconvincing in content and ragged in style. A "Double Campaign" contains a sufficiently humorous idea, which, however, the author has not taken time or has not the skill to develop; and it is written in an ejaculatory style, tiresome event for two pages. In "The Landing of an English Snob," an idea...