Word: bluff
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...towards the Union has been described "might well be disregarded if it were not for the fact that they are the men who don't care to join because they may only use the Union once or twice during the year and, at such times, if they throw masterly bluff and assume an honest countenance, they can easily pass for members." There is certainly no use in trying to hide this fact. The Union is thus grossly misused every year by a select body of men. Some few use it regularly without being members, though every means is taken...
...excellent opportunity for students desiring to pursue archaeological research in America is offered by the American Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America for the coming summer. An expedition under the personal direction of Mr. E. L. Hewett will leave Bluff, Utah, on July 1 for an exploring trip through the region of the ancient pueblos and cliff houses. Another expedition will start from Santa Fe, New Mexico, on August 15 to explore certain ruins in New Mexico. Students desiring to join one or both of these expeditions will be accepted as volunteer assistants and will be expected to provide...
...Mountebank", by R. E. Rogers '09; "Marston Moor," by H. A. Bellows '06; "Varium et Mutabile", by S. D. Malcolm '06; "To the Day", by H. Spencer 1G.; "The Nature of Decadence", by H. A. Bellows '06; "Song", by R. E. Rogers '09; "The Silver Grey of Cedar Bluff", by W. H. Gibson '06; "The Meaning", by R. Altrocchi '08; "Sonnet", by C. H. Dickerman '07; Editerials...
...making their loyal friends not only those with whom they daily associated, but also those whom they chanced to meet and who to them frequently remained almost unknown. The source of Dean Shaler's power of thus winning and holding men lay, I have always felt, in his bluff, great-hearted manliness, his humor, and his sympathy. He loved men and was in turn beloved. Like other men remarkably fertile in plans and suggestions, he found his judgments and conclusions often questioned--no man has been oftener disagreed with; but however much one might differ with him in opinion...
...Bellows '06; "Electra," by R. M. Arkush '07; "The Age of Anne," by E. Royce '07; "When All is Done," by H. Hagedorn, Jr., '07; "Oscar Wilde; A Study in Decadent Romanticism," by H. E. Woodbridge 3G.; "Music," by J. H. Wheelock '08; "The Silver Grey of Cedar Bluff," by W. Hamilton Gibson; Editorial...