Word: humorizing
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Thus are ended the teachings of Dr. Holmes as an anatomist, who has by his wit and humor made interesting and attractive the dry and repulsive study of anatomy, and who has by his kindness made his name dear to many a physician.-[Journal...
...publishers announce that "Rollo's Journey to Cambridge" will endure as long as Harvard College maintains its influence on surrounding social life, and humor continues to be an American characteristic...
...Boston: A. Williams & Co., Old Corner Bookstore." "Sly Ballades in Harvard China" is a volume belonging to the school of Harvard writers which has produced "The Little Tin Gods on Wheels" and "Rollo's Tour to Cambridge." Nevertheless, these verses have a character of their own; their humor is aptly termed "sly." The subjects chosen are always unpretending, the metres used are appropriate and handled with a pleasant facility, and the execution of nearly every piece is felicitous and successful. The book throughout is pervaded with the genuine college spirit of our day in treating of all social subjects...
...differ materially from the Chronicle except perhaps in some matters of local tone not perceptible to an outsider. Still it must not be judged by its first number. It seems to be somewhat less given to flippant frivolity than its rival, but a few ghastly specimens of Western humor, a la Danbury News, insist upon cropping...
...Nation thinks that "Owen Wister's 'The New Swiss Family Robinson' (Cambridge : C. W. Sever) hits the mark as a satire, but for sustained humor it suffers by comparison with Rollo's Cambridge adventures, that earlier trophy of the Harvard Lampoon. On the other hand, 'College Cuts' (White & Stokes), chosen from the Columbia Spectator, a college paper with a humorous corner or corners, compares well with the larger and more heterogeneous collection of designs from the Lampoon. There is more chic and a higher average quality in the drawing. Politics are altogether eschewed in favor of collegiate and social topics...