Word: novels
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...novel idea, to say the least, that was expressed in Mr. Lippitt's communication. It said in effect that the Government should not be criticised, that those who wish for peace do not consider that the United States must fight or fall in the coming struggle of nations, and that since "my country, right or wrong,' is the right stand to take, we should express by petition our absolute faith in our Government...
...novel proposition of the double-header in football was evolved at the University for two purposes: to satisfy the smaller colleges whom the University plays at the beginning of the season, and to enable her to play a greater number of men than under the old system. By this means the criticism which is aroused whenever the coaches play a large number of fresh men against a wornout opponent will be eliminated...
...Thursday, December 4, the University Glee Club will present the first of a novel series of concerts to be inaugurated by it this season. Since its separation from the Musical Clubs the Glee Club has attempted to raise the standard of the music which it will present. On this score, in explaining the recent reform in the Glee Club, Dr. Richard C. Cabot '89 has made the following statement...
...trouble with this," explained the great political economist, "was that it wasn't tough enough for the readers' taste. So a novel developed that was staged in the open, where the heroine was always Miss Middleton--always the Miss." Mr. Leacock went on to describe the hair-breadth escape from the Apaches of the typical couple alone far out in the wilderness; how the hero lowers the girl 200 feet down a precipice with his lariat, and they ride off together over the prairie to the little railway station, where they are to separate forever...
...this wasn't satisfactory. We come to the indoor novel again. The modern man doesn't want a book where the people are sure to be married; he wants a story where the people can't get married because they're married already. His story always begins in cabaret where 'The Man' meets the 'Wife of the Other Man' what a fascination those words have for him! The point of the modern novel is to get these two into some delicate position, we used to call it indelicate. The proper situation is this: The Man must walk by accident...