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...recent survey of Harvard students from every state and every sizeable city in the South, Mid-West, and Far West proves, moreover, that, in spite of a good deal of overlapping, various misconceptions may be classified quite successfully along the above geographic lines. The prime mode of belittling the Harvard man links itself with such rare consistency to the general area of the nation that it cannot be overlooked...
Every conceivable mode of transportation but the page stick will take part in the mass exodus of Crimson students today and tomorrow morning for the Yale gridiron battleground at New Haven, Connecticut...
...past but the shining face of the future. Only ten years ago, documentary "American School" painting of barnyards, brick cityscapes and beautiful vacation views had been the style. Now, Institute scouts, back from a 24,000-mile trip around the U.S., had convinced Rich that abstractionism is "the prevailing mode for most artists under thirty...
Conrad was a master not only of English words but of various devices of storytelling, including what Mr. Zabel describes as "a complicated exercise of the mode of averted suspense"-enough so to drive his fascinated reader, at times, nearly to distraction. In its progression, elaboration and somber irony, his prose rarely loses for long the immediate visual impact of phrases such as the one describing Kurtz, emaciated yet commanding, sitting up to harangue the natives in Heart of Darkness: "I could see the cage of his ribs all astir, the bones of his arm waving...
...mode of revenge" was the way Estes characterized formation of the unit. Apley, Dudley, Claverly, and Little Halls as well as certain Yard dormitories all have representatives on the squad which is ready to show the Houses that they are missing a wealth of football talent...