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Word: contentedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...meeting on Saturday night of the newly-chosen editorial board of the Freshman Red Book, R. W. Drury '36, Chairman of the Board, outlined the plans for the publication and sketched the editorial content...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDITORIAL BOARD FOR 1936 RED BOOK PICKED BY DRURY | 2/20/1933 | See Source »

...many of the Academic courses given by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences the lecturer is merely a gramophone repeating the content of prescribed texts. The matter of such lectures is rarely inspiring, rarely contains important commentary, and is frequently only evidence of the effort of the lecturer to fulfill his obligation to the University by speaking for a full hour three times each week. Indeed, the professor who turned to the toastmaster, saying, "I am wound up to speak fifty-five minutes. I must apologize in advance," spoke with lamentable accuracy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW LECTURES OF OLD | 2/18/1933 | See Source »

...whole argument appeared in the columns of the Chicago Tribune, which stated that Harvard's attempt to procure Wesley Fisher as basketball coach and assistant football coach was a timely gesture. It commented further that Harvard had changed its mind a few years ago about being more content to have a football team of Beacon Hill blood than one of South Boston Irish, and lauded this offer to Fisher as an extension of a slowly growing policy to recognize people other than New Englanders. It stated that this particular instance of the policy indicated perhaps that Harvard would rather lose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "By His Own Tongue" | 2/16/1933 | See Source »

...Classics as literature is to be realized; for from it comes accuracy of expression and thought that is of value, not only in Latin B or Greek 2, but as well in the study of the Modern Literatures. Indeed, what but this study of form as well as content makes the reading of the originals so much more valuable than reading translations, however good? (Name withheld by request...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Classics Forever | 2/8/1933 | See Source »

...Arbitrarily reduce the content of the gold dollar? Very well. What is the moral difference between a 30% and a 50% repudiation of an obligation? . . . Why not go the whole length and authorize complete repudiation by the debtor class? Why not follow the example of Germany and start the printing presses without cease and then repudiate our own currency and use it for wallpaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hard Money & Soft | 2/6/1933 | See Source »

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