Word: enlightenment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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These are harsh words, stranger, and as a member of this despised craft I write to enlighten Mr. Griffith as to what Minnesota editors are really like...
...gives a general impression of glibness and self-confidence, succeeds in rendering international affairs even more bewildering than newspaper readers could have guessed. Like an experienced side-show barker, Unofficial Observer announces that his exhibit of contemporary world leaders, wire-pullers and heroes is guaranteed to shock, startle and enlighten, that it is of momentous importance to average citizens, that it must be seen to be believed...
...more enlightened biddies in Holworthy Hall catches up on her reading by picking last evening's newspapers out of the wastebasket each morning and perusing the more enticing headlines by whatever light is apt to penetrate that dingy grotto. The morning after the peace demonstration William Randolph Hearst succeeded in rousing her to a high pitch of excitement with accounts of subversive, un-American, and Marxist activities in our institutions of learning. Puzzled and alarmed she buttonholed a Holworthyite on his way to class with the bland question, "Mr. Burlingthwarp, what's a Commamist?" Disentangling politic 1 philosophies with...
...that the present generation of Harvard men will be able to enlighten their grandchildren when the question of adherence to the World Court is again before the Senate, let it be clearly understood once and for all that by no stretch of the imagination is membership in the League itself an inevitable consequence of membership in the Court. The Court was created in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the League Covenant; its expenses are paid by the Secretariat; it is the official Court for the League,--but these are the only connections per so between the two bodies...
...would have far more success in their quest for jobs if they possessed more than a passing interest in, and knowledge of, the places for which they apply. However, most students are apparently oblivious of the need for serious thought about their careers and too little is done to enlighten them. An increase in the activity of the Consultant's Office is necessary to supply undergraduates which is so essential...