Word: babbittism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Irving Babbitt '89, professor of French Literature at the University and a literary critic of authority, will speak to the Liberal Club on "Sham and True Liberals" at the Cranford Club tonight at 6 o'clock...
...Babbitt is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter of the University and is widely known for his position as a scholar not merely of the Romance Languages but of all contemporary literature. He is the author among other books of "The New Laocoon", and "The Masters of French Criticism" and the editor of Taines "Introduction to the History of English Literature...
...Irving Babbitt '89, Professor of French Literature, will be the lecturer at a meeting of the Club in the rooms of the Cranford Club on March 31, when he will use as his subject, "Sham and True Liberals." At the next meeting, on April 7, Harold Scott will speak. He is a wellknown engineer and industrial efficiency expert; his lecture will have a technical trend. The Liberal Club is planning to have him lecture at M. I. T. also...
...judges who will pass upon the essays have been selected, and are: Professor Irving Babbitt '89, Professor Charles Grandgent '83, and Dr. Benjamin A. G. Fuller '00. Their decision will probably be announced about a month after the close of the contest...
...three prize competitions announced this fall by the Advocate and it is expected that a ninth will be obtained soon in order to make three for each division. Dean L. B. R. Briggs '75, Holworthy Hall, and Arthur Stanwood Pier '95 are to judge the submitted stories; Professor Irving Babbitt '89, Ellery Sedgwick '94 and William Roscoe Thayer '81 will choose the winning essay; while Conrad Aiken '11 and Professor J. L. Lowes, Ph.D. '03 will pass judgment upon the sonnets...