Word: blushful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expression which tortured souls have felt since the days of the First Picnic in Eden; and the mail-order edition of Webster's exclusive and only masterpiece contains some rare specimens for the cultured collector. At sundry other points the necessary measures are taken to cause the inevitable maidenly blush to rise an inch or two, and then, duty performed, to subside expectantly; a process without which no issue seems to be regarded as complete...
...should be instructive as well as highly amusing. For the editors have somehow managed to infuse more humor into the staid appearing contents than is usual in the ordinary burlesque of this type. Though there are bits obviously designed to cause the Inhabitants of Radcliffe to stealthily hide a blush, there are also sketches reminiscent of the Transcript number at its best...
...Ehrensperger's suggestion in the Alumni Bulletin that we extinguish the flames of college radicalism by pouring tea on them, is a little less quaint than it might appear at first blush. Indeed, one could go so far as to say that it would in all probability meet the approval of Mr. Calvin Coolidge himself and the editors of the Delineator. Certain skeptics, it is true, have irreverently questioned the accuracy of Mr. Coolidge's observation, and have asked to be shown signs that there really is any radicalism among college students. They point out that the average undergraduate exceeds...
...safe to venture the assertion that few of the undergraduate body in the College would have thought an article by a member of the Semitic Department on student or world problems worth reading. At first blush it does seem a far cry from the reading of archaic manuscripts and teaching ancient Jewish philosophy to thinking and writing vigorously on vital human problems of the day. Yet those who knew Dr. Wolfson (now Assistant Professor) would have been extremely disappointed not to have ready just such a searching analysis of the "mis-named Jewish problem". He has been one of those...
There is no doubt that Gray's words go straight to the heart, for they embody in simplest fashion the most universal experience of human nature. His "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen," "Some mute inglorious Milton," "The rude forefathers of the hamlet," "The paths of glory lead but to the grave," are quoted and loved the world over. The most attractive edition of the "Elegy" ever printed. Quarto. Cloth. Decorative cover. A. & C. Black, London. Published at $3.00. Special price...