Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...apparent; even to the most obtuse, that a reply to the communication on psychical research must necessarily defend the indefensible ignorance of the CRIMSON on this one subject at least; and I hasten to suggest that this is not likely to be done by one who is so dull as to "understand that Lodge, and all others seriously interested in the study, place very small importance on the phenomena produced by mediums!" SYDNEY A. GROSS...
Often have we, surveying the unlovely aspect of the Square, thought how sordid, mean, material it was; how often have we longed for any change anything that would make the dull glitter of Massachusetts avenue a little less stupid, anything to brighten the gloom of this dismal village...
...program at Silver Bay will be much like Northfield, with discussion groups in the morning, athletics and recreation in the afternoon, and a large meeting in the auditorium in the evening. Unlike Northfield, however, there will be no dull rainy afternoons at Silver Bay, for there is a new gymnasium perfectly equipped for indoor sports. Outdoor athletic facilities include a baseball field, cinder trace, tennis courts, bathing beach, diving tower, boating and mountain climbing...
...student body have for years built up in their minds the pre-disposing background for acceptance of Wilsonian ideas. Moreover, the scholastic fatuity for generalization, natural to their methods of thought, renders college intellects susceptible to the merits of principle that any Wilson scheme is sure to contain, and dull to the faults of application...
...teaching in their schools shop-work, drawing, and music, and by placing these subjects where they belong,--on an equal basis with Greek, Latin, and History. The chief obstacle is the college entrance system. Under the present requirements, the school devotes its whole ener-by to cram into a "dull" brain a certain type of knowledge to which it may be entirely unfitted, wholly ignoring the fact that the most "stupid" boy might be able to put the teacher to shame in the workshop or studio,--in a subject in which he has received no encouragement from his school...