Word: concerning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...business concern could organize this work on such a plan and expect success, or even solvency. In the case of the government there is only solvency because the poor tax payer pays the bill, no matter how high...
...other hand, the moving picture will never be able to do any justice to those more vital stories which concern themselves with the struggle of human wills and the development of character. Here the shadow on the screen cannot replace the living personality, nor the "flash" suggest the spoken word. To attempt to "screen" one of the searching character delineations of Sir Arthur Pinero, one of the seathing satires of Bernard Shaw, or one of the witty farces of W. S. Maugham, would be quite as futile as are the condensed novels of Thackeray which appear complete in one newspaper...
...courses. The 47 Workshop (recent productions of which are criticized in the Advocate with more display of the reviewer's cleverness than with any advantage to the seeker after information) has become a real factor in American drama. The editorials and letters in the CRIMSON no longer concern themselves merely with such topics as the sad condition of the shower baths in the Gymnasium or the propriety of a Senior greeting every other member of the class; they have broadened their scope to include useful contributions to matters of more general import. Whether one approves or not, it is symptomatic...
...college men is the great link which connects them in a practical way with the outside world. The criticism of college and college men has often been that they form a community apart, sufficient unto itself; that they hold themselves aloof from problems of the day and only concern themselves with these theoretically and rather superficially. Hence the college graduate has not always the broad vision and understanding that might be expected...
...good record in high school generally keeps up work of a similar grade in college. We are not primarily interested in getting men to college who have performed certain special curriculum gymnastics, we want men with sufficient educational background not to be lost when they enter, but our primary concern is that they should be in a position to give and get the most out of the university after they have arrived...