Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...country is a step in the right direction. Rivalry, other than athletic, is ridiculous, unless in be a friendly rivalry for higher standards and wider service. Athletic rivalry is good. As in the case of Michigan it stimulates friendship and helps two universities to understand each other better...
...time for some leader of Harvard sentiment to rouse them to an active participation in the work now most needed in the world? It would have been finer to stand among the first of the college communities so the first of the college communities so aroused; but far better late than...
...somewhat less iteration of detail. A writer in the Spectator recently countered this point of view by finding English salvation in the British quality of "you-be-damnedness." That Harvard has it in individuals is evident from the somewhat daring editorials. There, for instance, R. G. N. avers that better poetry is now written in the college than is printed in current magazines. To judge by comparison with the current Atlantic he has some color of truth. B. P. Clark's "Nocturne" and E. E. Cumming's "Night" have at least greater freshness of descriptive material. The exotic quality...
Reverting to prose: J. S. Watson, Jr., in a resume of Professor Muensterberg's book misplaces his emphasis in dwelling on points which he finds extravagant. If the book be for the most part "sane," why not convey that impression? "The Spirit of Satire" is better; it exemplifies the serious prose which befits a magazine with intellectual readers. Still, one should, not begin with Greeks and end with grunts. For R. W. Chubb's statement of "The Position of the Internationalists of Europe" the reader will feel grateful for a timely, informative article. There is but one story; better...
...college subjects. The time given is an hour or two a week for classes, besides the necessary time for preparation. All sorts of subjects are taught, reading, writing, arithmetic, mathematics, public speaking and many others. The members of the classes are usually mature men and women who wish to better their education. Many classes are held for foreigners...