Word: choses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...teaching. With his flawless taste in letters, hew was the surest possible guide to his students. Always he pointed them surely and directly to the best. With a gift for whimsical humor to sharpen his judgement, he invariably carried the interest of his students with him where-ever he chose to turn the shafts of his penetrating criticism. Ridicule was his favorite weapon for the banal and he had no mercy for the pious shams, the stuffed dummies that persist in all literature. Always he was sane, sound and exacting. Thousands of young Americans have left his classroom bearing...
...present plan of group specialization was adopted. Forty-five percent. of the class of 1914 chose Group III. This was surprising. But the reason for the choice is evident. The breadth of the field is such that six different courses in Group III, ranging possibly from sociology to statistics and agriculture; are extremely easy to find. Haphazard election of courses was the rule. No concentration whatever resulted. In no other field was it possible, while fulfilling requirements, to evade the purpose of the group system so widely...
...population the college-bred, from one small geographical area, the northeastern section of the United States; from one small group of occupations, the professions." In reply to the criticism that the recent growth of the West makes a study of general nineteenth century talent unfair, Prof. Nearing chose 200 men in "Who's Who" who were born since 1870. The result was substantially the same...
...Between the Lines" was given a trial performance last spring in the 47 Workshop which chose it as the last production of the season. The efficacy of the Workshop as a laboratory theatre is illustrated in the case of this play, for faults which came out as a result of production and criticisms of the Workshop audience have been remedied in the present version...
...falling made way for the debut of a candidate who promises well. The playing of Robinson was not a surprice to those who have watched his work throughout the last week, and many had expected him to drive the team with a firm grip, as he did. He chose his plays with a clever judgment, caught every punt that came to him, and successfully ran back the ball. The man who plays quarterback against Princeton and Yale may well be Robinson...