Word: authorization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...legitimate romance by "callow cynics who were old enough to shave the down off their chins but not old enough to vote." Mr. Barrett is perhaps one of the first to proclaim publicly the fact, for fact it is. Hemingway and his imitators--he is probably the most imitated author now living--have succeeded in glorifying the seamy side of life in such a manner that it appears far more enticing than any other aspect. The present Younger Generation is working much harder to maintain its reputation than that Younger Generation which immediately followed the war. The task then...
...advantages of this plan are enumerated by its author. It abolishes the possibility of flagrant neglect of work; it changes the professor from a quizzer to a guide; it removes the threat of periodic examinations and of the cramming that anticipates them; and for the old lock-step education it substitutes individual freedom of movement. Although President Holt in criticizing the recitation and lecture system of Yale and Harvard is brave and heralded in combatting the present movement toward complete freedom in study, his retrogression toward the grammar school is quite unacceptable. The virtue of final examination is at present...
...short-story, "Children in Twilight," is excellent. The author, Otto E. Schoen-Rene, has produced a work of distinct literary merit, particularly his passages of pure description. It is a rare, thing to find "atmosphere" handled with so much skill that it does not appear to be obvious "literary effort." In addition to this story, is another very acceptable one by George C. Heck, Jr. One might wish that he had not ended it quite so abruptly, but it is, nevertheless, a very enjoyable tale. A delightful bit of nonsense, "The Ring and the Booklet" by Philip Nicholas...
Skidding slid into Manhattan via Pasadena, where it had been subjected to an amateur performance. On the opening night, its author who rejoices in the name of Aurania Rouverol, made a demure speech before the curtain, saying how surprised she was that Broadway producers should have interested themselves in her homely frivolities...
...author's genius is undeniable in the earliest story, "Little Herr Friede-mann," the stark, pathetic account of a hunchback, whose reasoned contentment is shattered by his sudden love for a flashing Valkyrish woman. Her cruel scorn for his declared love drives him to drowning himself ludicrously?head in the river, feet on the bank...