Word: burden
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Entrants to New York University packed a Presbyterian Church to hear words from Elbert H. Gary, steel magnate and famed author of rules for a successful life. Business success was the burden of his message. Be agreeable, said he, approachable, popularize yourself and your business. "Adopt and apply the standards of propriety. . . . Honesty is best. . . . Abraham Lincoln. . . . Marshall Field. . . . J. Pierpont Morgan. . . . The average man likes to hear himself talk too much. It is well to let the other man talk half of the time...
...production of "The School for Scandal" is at present engaging Mr. Dean's efforts. He proposes to put on Sheridan's old play with a simplified stage plan wherein a good deal of the usual scenery is left out, thus putting upon the actors the burden of creating the atmosphere...
...breakdown of religion. Universities, at first founded as adjuncts to the Church, now stand alone, with the Church exercising only a slight shadow of its former influence over the lives of men. This situation requires that Universities readjust themselves to the needs of the times and accept the full burden of that which formerly fell upon them only in part--of preparing men to live. To accomplish this readjustment at Harvard the best thought of the best minds, must be devoted to a careful study of the problem. If the students, through their official spokesmen, the Student Council...
...other veterans on the squad will bolster both the backfield and the line. Anderson, left halfback, will bear the brunt of the kicking burden, and his work in practice indicates that he will be able to hold his own with the Crimson kickers. Reuther, though not slated to start, may see action should the Engineers succeed in working the ball within kicking distance of the Harvard goal...
...take things as they come without being too much perturbed. There is no brooding over the disaster, as in Latin countries; the English mind is always looking up to push forward. As a natural result of this the nation pays its debts and makes good its credit, whatever the burden on the individual...