Word: anathemae
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...there has been a deplorable reaction, especially noticeable among the elements most prominent in athletic and other undergraduate leadership of the colleges. The war is over. Politics grows less interesting as it departs from class and college issues, and by the time it has reached world affairs it is anathema. The sporting page of the newspapers has ten readers for every one of the first page. A murder case is much more discussed than even the pictures ue gyrations of General Dawes...
...reserved for those conferences or councils which are un-American. But would we call the Industrial Conference un-American? or an importation from Russia? Why have all the opposition papers been so opaque as not to see how well they could hit the Conference by calling by the anathema anathematum--"Soviet...
...supposedly cutting remarks on Cambridge weather. Who, indeed, will go so far as to take exception at the latter? And, by the way, the supposed "sop" he throws out to our outraged feelings in his last paragraph is wholly unnecessary. Not only that, but it mars the delightful anathema which Mr. Carpenter has hurled...
...great industries," failing completely to realize that the two are incompatible. It is just such things as these which mark the play to the grandstand. This article may be taken as typical of the paper, which stands for freedom of speech among students. When radicalism degenerates into an anathema against existing conditions, it no longer serves its useful purpose. The advance of civilization has depended not upon the impulsive actions of the dissatisfied, but upon the careful deliberation of thinkers...
...problems calling for nice adjustment in the fixing of lecture engagements. The hour from eleven to twelve is especially popular with instructors--Professor Munro explained in the Graduates' Magazine--and is in danger of becoming over-crowded and causing bad conflicts. On the other hand, "two-thirties" are anathema to most undergraduates, especially in the spring and fall when athletics are in fullest swing. It has been suggested that they be moved to 7.45 in the morning; and it is likely, even though Spartan blood is none too plentiful, that a few more courses could be given successfully at that...