Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much do de luxe publishers contribute to the cause of literature? They give esthetic pleasure to a few genuine book lovers, a big boost to the technique of book design. But mainly they still thrive on snob appeal. There is probably one chance that de luxe publishers may genuinely further the cause of contemporary letters-if The Derrydale Press should discover a writer who writes half as well as he handles guns and fishing rods...
...already been collected once, it might be difficult to make another successful attempt so soon. In other words, the well may be nearly dry. And even if the well is half full, there may be hesitation about contributing for fear that a precedent will be set. Two large-scale appeals in the course of some weeks are rather frightening, though the Committee has wisely postponed its drive until the next semester. The exception of making appeals outside the supposedly all-inclusive Student Council appeal should not become a frequent practice...
Although the principle in itself is admirable because it promotes good feeling in the Western Hemisphere, it is again unfortunate that the second scholarship plan should come so soon after the first. The appeal for the first plan should come so soon after the first. The second appeal is to serve democracy by education. Right here it fails to attract the attention the first one obtained. The first appeal was a concrete expression of abhorrence of a present evil; the second is based only on a quite vague and idealistic scheme of preparing for the future. This unfavorable comparison makes...
...response of the community, the University faculty, and the Law School to our appeal for funds has been especially gratifying," said Robert E. Lane '39, chairman of the Refugee Committee, last night...
...thousand dollars is cheap enough for the publicity Harvard is getting from its gallant gesture, but public relations should be subordinate to undergraduate harmony. And there can be no doubt that too narrow a basis will cause student resentment of this appeal and a certain friction in everyday relations. On the other hand, there can be even less doubt that the Committee has tried to place its appeal on a broad plain, although in one or two details it has been short-sighted...