Word: bouyant
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...difficulty with this mode of procedure is that the information is sure to be of a specious nature. Just now the members of the graduating classes are at the most enthusiastic phase of their collegiate life. The term of academic work is drawing to a close, and all are bouyant with hopes for the future. Thus all are sure to view their college careers in retrospect with optimism, and to say they have reaped untold advantages from their four years of academic life. Yet to be really valuable, such information as to the relation of college training to future success...
Life is pleasant enough at Heidelberg. The quaintness and comparative quiet of the little town afford a grateful relief after the more bouyant gayeties of the continental capitals. Then, too, its situation is charmingly picturesque. It lies on the banks of the Neckar with the vine-covered hills in the distance and covering all the old ivy-mantel Schloss, rich in historic interest and tradition. There is a singular fascination in the dreamy quiet of the place, essentially old-world in its nature ; and unless you possess exceptional strength of will you gradually yield to the influence of the Siren...