Word: esotericism
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"At the supper hour, by candlelight, two hours before the evening carillon-curfew, the Commons Scholar from Oxford will recite a parody of 'Hiawatha' by Lewis Carroll, and other esoteric nonsense-verse. The Dunster House Matron of Morsels will entertain as black-face comedienne, in her inimitable interpretations of 'mammy...
Author Matthew Josephson, critic, poet, biographer, is one of the younger-left-wing literary figures. Onetime associate editor of Broom (onetime esoteric occasional published abroad), he is now U. S. correspondent for transition (TIME, Feb. 17). Hard of hearing, with large, gazelle-like eyes, he wears a mustache, parts his...
The mass of indigestible factual material which the student is expected to absorb robs Music 4 and Fine Arts 1d of the potential charm which is inherent in these studies. A simplification of these and other such too esoteric, courses would aid in reducing the number of Philistines who graduate...
Generally speaking however, it would appear that there are two obstacles which hinder an examiner from doing his best job. On the one hand, as most professors have assistants correct their papers for them, they have often no conception of how well the average student has assimilated the lectures or...
Last fortnight Duncan Phillips published for the first time a magazine named Art and Understanding. It is hereafter to appear twice a year. Called "A Phillips Publication," and written for the most part by the publisher himself, its illustrations are from canvases in the Phillips Gallery. There are also reprinted...