Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...announcement of the gift of $75,000 to provide a permanent fund to bring young German students to Harvard to continue study started in Germany should be received with as much enthusiasm by those interested in promoting international accord as it is by Harvard. The value of such an endowment for the college is well known and the presence of foreign students has long been recognized as one of the most broadening influences which can be brought to bear on men in their undergraduate years. There are already a number of endowments for Englishmen, notably the Common-wealth Scholarships...
...fascination of science waned. He divided his time between the hospital and the printing press. "At the Sign of the Griffin" he published various Latin documents two of which were "spurious, very spurious, absolutely spurious." Scholar that he was, his critical sense was temporarily submerged by an enthusiasm caught from the great humanists of his period. Some time later he abandoned both science and the humanities to play the monk at the Abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, a Paradise, he said, of healthfulness, amenity, serenity, delight and all honest pleasures of agriculture and rustic life. . . . But Rabelais could...
...just what the clever diplomat needed. He rushed to Le Bourget waving French and U. S. flags; seized on "Lucky Lindy" with avidity; put him to bed in his own diplomatic pajamas; wrapped him in the tricolor; had him photographed, interviewed, dined and decorated; and caused the greatest enthusiasm for things U. S. since French transports of joy hailed the first U. S. transports...
...Enthusiasm ran high at the Big Tree Pool yesterday afternoon when the championship division of the University swimming meet was held before a large gallery which crowded the building. Forty men competed, including the stars of the fraternity and Freshman contests last week; but the honors of the day went to W. S. de Lima '31, holder of many amateur titles, who made his first appearance in races here this year and captured the 100 and 200-yard free style events...
Statesman Stimson gave a second talk on the peace and contentment of the Philip pines. Some rude soul asked him about their independence. Ever diplomatic, Statesman Stimson replied: "Mr. Hoover's election was received with great enthusiasm...