Word: cleverly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sixth number of the Advocate is a clever College Kodak portraying the fast girl and the freshman. It is a bright "take off" which it is to be hoped that the fast girl will see. The other two Kodaks are of the average character...
...Nicolls' "Hypnotic Experiment" is clever and amusing. It may be queried whether the ejaculating narrative with parentheses addressed to the hearer, is an improvement to a story. Is it not as well to avoid an absolute imitation of a conversation even when one is reporting it? Do such expressions as "and I-well, I rather liked her-you needn't smile, I didn't care much about her" or "and dignified!-by George ! I've never seen anything like it" help the flow of the narrative any ? This is merely a suggestion, not an implication that...
...poet was next introduced, Benjamin A. Gould, Jr., '91. The poem was always happy and often brilliantly clever as it hit off the prowess and familiar characteristics of the men we have watched with such deep interest that we have grown to feel the reality of that often hypothetical thing, college brotherhood. From Lake to Cumnock, he went through the list and ended by declaring "There's no sweeter music than Twelve...
...Less Serious Nonsense," by Mr. K. Brown, is apparently a companion piece to some "serious nonsense" published in the Monthly last January. It is a clever dialogue with many quaint quirks and quibbles...
...verse in the fifth number of the Advocate is better than the prose. "To Pan," though a well worn theme, is pretty and melodious. The "Saga of Lake" is an exceedingly clever fragment which ought to have been signed. The "Secret of Love" deserves commendation, particularly for its form...