Word: complexities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first open meeting of the Dramatic Club was held last evening in the Faculty Room of the Union. President J. M. Brown '23 introduced Professor Arthur Pope '01 who spoke briefly of the present standing of the drama. "The stage of today", he said, "presents more fully the complex expressions of our age than any other of the fine arts. Painting used to suffice as a medium of man's inner life and his expression of it; but the complicated life of today needs something more elastic and delicate. Drama is the one art which is suitable for the portrayal...
...psychology of the situation is very puzzling. Assuming, of course, that he has dire need of sleep, (or else he would not forego listening to the lecture), why does he snore? Is this the result of a complex, a guilty conscience or a bad meal? In any case, were he not to choose such a conspicuous way of rousing himself, we could all sympathize heartily. There is nothing like a good rest now and then with nothing to disturb...
...Federal government is legally powerless to settle the coal strike; but the very hopelessness of any settlement save through government interference, emphasizes and great gulf between the strict constructionists of 1789 and the Constitution as interpreted today. Jefferson would turn in his grave if he could see the complex machinery of the national government he strove to hold in check. More and more is it becoming natural for every sort of interest when in difficulty to turn to the government for a solution. The finger of paternalism extended far more readily at present than even fifty years ago is being...
...articles in the New York "Evening Post" on American colleges offer a generous supply of food for thought; the last deals with the influence of family in college--an influence found to be very great. What Mr. Gavit, the author of the articles, means by family, "is a complex of traditions, habits, ambitions" which makes the home atmosphere of far-reaching importance in the success of the student. And Mr. Gavit quite rightly criticises the family--that is, the hypothetical average family--because it does not set standards of culture, or because it coddles too much, or because it does...
...Burns Agency is a highly complex organization, including about 50 branches, the New York office alone employing 2,000 people. Mr. Burns has so systematized the organization that it is not the detective but the system that gets the criminal...