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...circular concrete base has been discovered in the building for the Germanic Museum now under construction, which is causing the authorities considerable uneasiness. The base is of exactly the dimensions required for the heavy German siege guns and a deep plot against the Cercle Francais may be about to be unearthed, especially as it has been discovered that this mass of concrete is the gift of the Deutscher Verein. Considerable apprehension is felt by the inmates of Grays 17 as that building would be directly in the line of fire. The Cercle has laid in a large supply of absinthe...
...Beaux Stratagem," by George Farquhar, has been chosen as the Delta Upsilon revival this year. Written toward the close of the year 1706, it is a very sprightly reflection of the manners of the time. The plot which deals with the adventures of two embarrassed gentlemen who go down into the country disguised as master and servant is most humorously worked out in a bright and genial...
...Common Clay" is a problem play with an involved plot which is worked out in a vivid and forceful manner...
...excellent example of the new freedom in verse that is opening up much inner spirit, even though it sacrifices part of the poet's charm. "The Copper Duke," by Robert G. Dort, has not enough atmosphere or excitement about it to make a banal invention into an exhilarating plot. Mr. Skinner's "Courtesy of War," a sketch of a French village in war time, has more cultured ease in the telling than the subject can stand. A little more vividness, a little more pungent detail, a little less attention to the courtesies of life along the way, would bring...
...mystie sketch of the sort that is pleasant to read but which leaves no particular impression on the reader's mind. Mr. McCormick's vivid study based on a shipwreck makes a definite impression. So little emphasis is laid on the first phase of the story, however, that the plot does not receive the full benefit of the sharp contrast as the character develops...