Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...contrast, how small seems the world of the teacher! Instead of dealing with men, instead of coming into close connection with busy affairs, the teacher seems to be spending his time with books, or with men who have not yet arrived at the stage of doing things. But now gentlemen, that contrast is by no means all true. Nor is it essentially true. It is true in its outward aspect, but so far as the true view of success in life is concerned, so far as your service to the world is concerned, in teaching and educating young minds...
...class of 1910 is apparently to be depended on for devising new varieties of class functions. Last year a pop night in the Union was held in place of the customary dinner in Boston, and the innovation proved a complete success. Over 300 men were present, in contrast to the small number usually attending class dinners after Freshman year. Now the Juniors are making another experiment by substituting a strawberry night for the annual function. Affairs of this sort are always valuable as a means of bringing the men together, and the new schemes seem to be particularly enjoyable from...
...intellectual and moral force which will in time make war impossible." Though most people believe that Japan and America are very different, the President stated that there were certain fundamentals alike. He mentioned but one "human nature." He spoke of the feudal tendencies of Japanese society in contrast to ours in which there is no birth distinction of any sort. The resemblance comes in "loyalty," for the same feelings inspire the Japanese in war and business to give them the greatest happiness, that inspire us. Our loyalty is more impersonal than theirs, yet it brings about the same happiness...
Perhaps, after all, our chief ground for complaint is that these things which so intimately concern our daily life do not come up to the standards that we have about us. If we contrast our Yard dormitories and our Gymnasium with our athletic field, our boathouses, the Law and Medical School buildings, and the Union, we recognize at once their inadequacy...
This cultural contrast gives the background for the story, which deals with the love affairs of the Princess. Many episodes in the play hardly noticed by the average spectator, have historical bearing; for instance, the part of Eckhoff, which Hanfstaengl played splendidly. The play does not say what every German knows, that this soldier who joins the actors, was to become the greatest actor of his time...