Word: enigmas
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...without a basis for his pessimism, and least of all would he be inclined to utter it before the Child Study Association of America an organization which is noted for its tendency to see only the theoretically bright side of things. Certainly the modern child is somewhat of an enigma: in many cases a terrifying specimen, reared in an age when old ideals are being ruthlessly shattered to make way for new. It is dangerous to generalize and especially so in referring to children: nevertheless this, the youngest generation, is betraying an alarming sophistication and ennui to the extent that...
...leisurely and companiable occasion. But is is not the fortune of everyone to be either a Kiwanian or a Rotarian and therefore the non-fraternal portion of America is left with a cup of coffee, a sandwich, and a tin plated armchair. The Forum author endeavors to solve the enigma. "To me our main difficulty seems to be a failure to make a distinction between the two words gourmand and gourmet. When we cease to regard eating as something to be done purely out of habit, finding in it instead untold aesthetic delights, our only regret will be that...
...uncertainty is, this year at least not entirely Orange and Black. For a young and untried coach has brought much of conjecture and enigma with him from the west to Cambridge. Under Horween the Crimson eleven has journeyed a more checkered road than for many seasons past. Two defeats began the season, Geneva affording Crimson followers the slight consolation that could be denied from its excellence, and Holy Cross allowing the Crimson stands at least three periods of exultation. William and Mary struck a faster, smoother, keener eleven than Boston newspaper writers had seen for several years. The grand Crimson...
President Frank says in his opening paragraphs that "we are witnessing today both the collapse of our curricula from structural overloading and the beginnings of a student revolt against the sterilities of current academic procedure." And he sees no happy exit from the enigma in further curricular jugglings. Bringing pragmatism into education, he would replace as much of the historical survey work of general fields as is now given by courses which would deal more with situations than with subjects. To understand how a nation or civilization met situations similar to those which now face the citizen of the modern...
...half the civilized world," it has been said, "is an enigma to the other half." Asia, until very recently, has been part myth, part unknown, and a very small part fact to the majority of Europe. With all its riches of philosophy and art, the Far East is only beginning to be opened to the West...