Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...life, a tract against the prostitution of all that is healthy and wholesome in civilization to selfishness and commercialization. Unlike the gall of Lewis, or the satiric sterility displayed by the editors of Americana, the author finds promise in the prospects for the historic tomorrow; he draws a hopeful contrast between the hectic stampede of America to a vacuous, sordid prosperity, and the Russians, earnestly blundering toward civilization. In the new generation of Americans, which has no need to be "lost," he sees the germs for a restoration of the ideals and the conscious efforts toward betterment which were destroyed...
...from all parts of Europe, or even Africa and the Orient," said Arthur Burkhard, assistant professor of German, speaking last evening before the Modern Language Conference on "The German Stage." By the fact that the Germans are a mature nation having a definite cultural background, Professor Burkhard explained the contrast between American and German stages, the fifty odd operas in Germany, opposed to but one in America, the many theaters in hundreds of German cities, while New York is the only city in America which has a live theater. The German audience, the lecturer said is cultured, and moreover discriminating...
...debt question is entangled with other economic problems. Reduction has been suggested in return for trade concessions, and this again raises the tariff dispute. A settlement should be reached before the World Economic Conference assembles. In contrast to Mr. Roosevelt's plan, President Hoover has suggested a War Debt Commission that may identical with American delegation to the Conference. Some such centrality of control seems to be the wisest way out. But wether these matters are settled whole or piecemeal, the most pressing decision had better be made soon...
...cheering sections of our opponents are a shameful contrast to our own. How many cheer leaders of other colleges have to beg their men to "make some noise? I wonder how many of the present undergraduate body know the words of even one of Harvard's great football songs? So few that the University Band has given up playing them and gives us instead medleys of largely irrelevant, albeit well--played music. In parenthesis I should like to congratulate the Band on its magnificent spirit at New Haven last Saturday. That made...
...details. The grades of the College have risen to the extent that there are 1.6 per cent less unsatisfactory records this year than there were last, an improvement of about five per cent in the Freshman class, and approximately one per cent among Juniors and Sophomores; in contrast the Senior class has a few more failures than the class...