Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Although these men are the outstanding players, having had in most cases one or two years' experience on the first squad, there will also be available for the eleven a number of brilliant Freshmen and several exceptionally good second team...
There are times when Mr. Leacock's efforts to be funny fall a trifle flat, when his satire or exaggeration are too obvious to "get across." Thus "John and I," "The Kidnapped Plumber" (except for a few brilliant flashes) and "Buggam Grange" seem somewhat forced. "The Split in the Cabinet" on the other hand is more successful in its treatment of the English political novel...
...poetry is tonic; to quote from Mr. McLane's admirable review of Masefield's "Enslaved," it is "piercing, clear poetry." F. W. MacVeagh's "Poem" is a brilliant bit of repression, phrased with that quiet, haunting conciseness which E. A. Robinson has celebrated. Mr. McLane's "Anniversary" is tender dedication to Fadeless Love and Beauty. In "A Symbol" Mr. La Farge sails the old glamorous seas to Xanader, quite as his swashbuckling Pirate does in "Santa Spirita Harbor." Merle Colby magically weaves the burthen and repetand of "Days Falling," or in "The Singer" takes up the old ballad...
...brilliant assembly of colleges and universities that Harvard joins when it plays its first game; the road to the top, however rough, is worth every effort. From a modest beginning, from the hard work of overcoming all inertia, the University looks forward to the possibilities of the future. Tonight the campaign for success opens in earnest when Harvard takes a definite place in the basketball world...
Henry R. Hitchcock Jr. '24 of Plymouth, Mass., and Eugene C. Glover '24 of Boston, according to an announcement made last night by the Committee on Admission, made the most brilliant records in the entrance examinations last June...