Word: babbittism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This morning at 12 o'clock the Vagabond leaves the tower of Lowell House for Sever 11 and a lecture by the greatest of the humanists, Irving Babbitt. At the same hour Professor Lake continues his lectures on the Old Testament. It seems that the Vagabond is the victim of what is popularly known as The System. Other lectures of interest follow...
...Cult of the Child," Professor Babbitt, Sever...
Casting a wary eye about for tomorrow's entertainment the Vagabond has a stimulating lecture in the offering of Professor Babbitt in Comparative Literature 11 at Sever 11. also at 12 o'clock. While the subject matter is entitled the "Cult of the Child", it shouldn't be discouraging Everyone who knows but a mere bagatelle about the Harvard Humanist is quite sure that William Wordsworth, nature-commuter extraordinary, will, in the parlance of Chicago, "go for a long ride." And the Vagabond wants to be in the back seat...
Death, in the person of the very able Mr. Merivale, passes before them all, the sensualist, the lover of power, the conventional parent, and finally what might be called, the etherialist, a creature who most obviously would not be to Mr. Babbitt's liking. All but the last are found wanting and she, fair lady, is taken as the bride of kindly Death...
...very hard to get around Mr. Babbitt. It is impossible to annoy him. The best plan is to keep your shirt on, remembering his own counsel to moderation. There is much to learn from simply watching the workings of a mind which is facing without fear the best critical antagonism in the world today...