Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Between Me and the Fireplace," an excellent sketch by Albert H. Nichelson, is unusually vivid for so short a piece, owing to good discrimination in the choice of detail. "Marjorie" is an interesting golf sketch by W. Wadsworth, though perhaps Marjorie's part in the story is somewhat unlikely. "Belknap Inn," by R. W. Child, and "Vanitas Vanitatum," by F. M. Class, are both well told, the former with some descriptive power, the latter with a good insight into the characters which it contains. By far the most original story, however, is "The Bluff of Rogers," by R. W. Ruhl...
...fairly well told. "Four Characters," by W. Stevens '01, goes rather deeper than most of the Advocate's contributions. "A Morning's Catch," by F. M. Class '03, is a lively, pleasing story of the usual "storiette" type. "Pipe No. 29," by H. W. Bynner' 02, depicts vividly the Chinese character, but leaves a bad taste in the mouth. "The Rendezvous," by E. B. Ahlborn '02, is a commonplace story with an obvious and unnecessarily pointed moral. "In the Elk Fields," by J. C. G. is a vivid bit of life-like description. The color is good and the writer...