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Word: aestheticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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We, the undersigned graduate students in Harvard University, wish to testify to the scholarship and teaching ability of Assistant Professor Walter E. Houghton. Harvard's recent abolition of assistant professorships unfortunately involves the dismissal of a man whom we consider one of her finest teachers. His lectures give evidence of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 5/3/1941 | See Source »

But it was no usual story, and he always maintained a true dignity about him. He had actually accomplished much in his 69 years. He came from Exeter to the Harvard of the 1890's, where his pattern coincided with the aesthetic movement of the day. Editor of the Monthly...

Author: By F. G., | Title: FACULTY PROFILE | 3/18/1941 | See Source »

Director Lynn Gordon has assembled a full lightweight round of assorted pokes, rabbit-punches and backhands delivered at a musical tempo to the sensitive parts of Dame Boston's anatomy. Hizzoner the Mayor, the debutante, college life and the Boston El all come in for their share of playful pushing...

Author: By R. C. H., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 2/28/1941 | See Source »

The final answer, in my opinion, is that le jazz hot and classical music are, like Bennington and Vassar students, quite incomparable. They are in a sense parts of two separate and distinct worlds. They appeal to, or are expressions or, entirely different levels of emotion. They involve a clear...

Author: By William E.STEDMAN Jr., | Title: Swing | 1/24/1941 | See Source »

Dean Sperry said that instruction in the Divinity School continues to be predominantly historical in its content and method. "Theology as the 'queen of the Sciences' no longer enjoys its ancient and unique position. In liberal seminaries it in supplemented, if not supplemented, by academic disciplines which have an independent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPERRY DECLARES HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE RELIGION'S NEED | 12/14/1940 | See Source »

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