Word: plain
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...December Century may be called an Early California number. The opening paper. "Lite in California before the Gold Discovery" by Gen. Bidwell, is a plain, unvarnished tale, its romance being all concentrated in its brilliant illustrations. "Ranch and Mission Days in Alta California," is more picturesque in effect though written with equal simplicity. "Trading with the Indians" and "The Date of the Discovery of the Yosemite" complete the California quartette...
...sense of individual responsibility; to expose existing corruption in whatever party and to show the reforming efficacy of a resolute public sentiment. 3. The essays are to be historical in argument, supported by facts, and free from political bias or party propagandism. The tone shall be moderate; the style plain and terse, and likely to interest alike the educated and uncultivated reader. 4. The essays are to be type-written, signed with a nom de plume, and the true name of the author to be enclosed in a sealed envelope, superscribed with the assumed name. 5. The length shall...
...Struggle with Fate," by Mr. M. O. Wilcox is a smoothly written story of excellence in the descriptions. The closing passage, portraying the vast snow covered plain and the bursting into flame of Ornoff's love, is notably effective. The story might be accused of a tendency towards sensationalism, but not sufficiently to detract from its merits...
...benefit concert of the above clubs and the Pierian will be held in Sanders Theatre, Thursday, December 18. Other engagements of the Glee Club are: November 21, at Springfield; December 3, at Newton Centre; December 6, at the B. A. A.; December 11, at Jamaica Plain; December 20, at the Boston Art Club...
...received from the referee; but neither of these circumstances are sufficient to account for the fact that in spite of the fact that the playing time was a quarter of an hour longer, the eleven could not defeat Bowdoin by as large a score as it did Dartmouth. The plain, unvarnished explanation of the score is that the Harvard rush line played a miserable game. Instead of studying the weak points of their opponents, most of the men spent their time in wrestling and singging, exercises at which the visitors were quite as adept as themselves. This was especially true...