Word: eggheaded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conversation (Thurs. 9 :30 p.m., NBC). The Egghead and I, discussed by Jacques Barzun, Max Lerner, Clifton Fadiman...
What does it mean to be an intellectual in the U.S.? Is he really in such an unhappy plight as he sometimes thinks-the ridiculed double-dome, the egghead, the wild-eyed, absent-minded man who is made to feel an alien in his own country...
...Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re, and the translation, "Gently in Manner, Strongly in Deed."* When someone mentioned the motto, which has been on the President's desk for more than a year, he cracked: "Maybe I'd better hide that; that proves I'm an egghead...
Such polarization around the academic side of college life has led M.I.T. men to form rather interesting views of their Harvard contemporaries. While the most conservative regard the Harvard man as a "different kind of animal pursuing an entirely different goal," others brand him as an "egghead," "esthete," or "queer." Some see him as more versed in the social graces, since he has more free time in which to practice them. As one student puts it, "I think of Harvard men as wearing clothes rather than holes with clothes around them as we do here." He explained that...
...less "intellectual" and more "popular" level, is not only appearing once more as the author of a book, but that he has even dared to include the word "think" in the title. To many this will seem like political hari-kari, or cutting off one's own egghead. If Mr. Stevenson should become President this year, however, his literary activity could bring a new dimension into politics. One can envision future campaigns in which best-seller lists carry more weight than Gallup polls, and during which the Senate might be appalled to discover that political interests have been distributing...