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The poetry in this issue is uneven. Mr. Kenneth Dole's "A Farmer Boy Dreams of Wandering", though pleasantly ringing with sonorous names, fails of any effect but that of looseness. His changing metres do not modulate into one another; they clash roughly, giving the impression that the author has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROSE WRITERS OUTSTRIP POETS IN MAY ADVOCATE | 5/9/1923 | See Source »

Mark Twain's ludicrous account of the "great French duel," in which he--the second--was the only man injured in thirty years, gives one impression of the French character. A report from Paris that French rugby rules must be revised on account of excessive roughness gives quite another. In...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GALLIC FEROCITY | 5/8/1923 | See Source »

Post-mortems over the General Examinations will be heard intermittently until the results are announced. Meanwhile, it may be profitable to summarize the impression which last week's experiences have left. In the departments where the system has become well established and where the tutorial machinery is in working order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTERMATH | 5/7/1923 | See Source »

The truth is that as yet neither of these things has happened. The only two prominent Republicans who openly voiced their opposition to the President's remarks were Senators Borah and La Follette. A larger number of Republican Senators-Smoot, McKinley, Sterling, McNary and others-came out openly in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hullabaloo | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

One thing that left a very favorable impression was the use of pantomime in several of the songs--pieces of highly imaginative acting, which gave a most pleasing result. In this, Delf and Berta Dunn, who was excellent throughout, starred.

Author: By L. J. A., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/3/1923 | See Source »

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