Word: dwell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Critics delight to dwell upon the alleged stereotyped form of modern education. They deplore the lack of "contact" of college courses with the current life of the time, saying that there is need of a keener recognition of the changing effect of world events on the subject-matter. While any drastically revolutionary remedy for such deficiency must be looked on with suspicion, a plan suggests itself which is encouraging in its simplicity. The plan is to interpolate the regular lectures or class-room discussion in such subjects as government or economics with timely discourses on important world problems. How many...
...dwell in Possibility
This article of yours gives the desired information and it is, in a brief readable form, definite data of genuine human interest, with touches of humor here and there which make the whole world kin, e'en tho they dwell in marble halls...
When Dr. Schacht proceeded to dwell again, last week, on the palpable iniquity of expecting Germany to pay Reparations for 62 years, the five fingers of Croesus Francqui's right hand were observed to tap impatiently on the Committee table. As the Governor paused for breath the Belgian leaped up, fire in eyes...
...known as Gilbert Seldes. In his literary attempt he endeavors to portray for the world a picture of Harvard and its students. With an all-inclusive view and swayed by destructive tendencies he sketches the degenerated conditions prevalent in our institution, and deplores in rather forceful language those who dwell within its walls. Woe unto Harvard...