Word: esotericism
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With Colonel Lindbergh eliminated because of his years, public opinion gives definite indications of making Will Rogers its choice for the next president. Favorite son of Oklahoma, mayor of Claremont, California, the humorist has been so long an important critic of politics that his qualifications as a practitioner are worthy...
"Democracy is an esoteric mystery in which few east of Vienna are permitted to enjoy, though many render lip service to the name, and it still remains, what it has long been, the most gainful occupation open to the fortunate few," said assistant professor W. Y. Elliott, quoting from a...
Much has been said and written about what is wrong with the modern novel, but "The Dark Chamber" exhibits two of its greatest defects. The irrepressible desire to wallow in the morbidities of sex is one. The other is the continual effort to attain a "precious" style. Cline's efforts...
ONE CRYSTAL AND A MOTHER? Ellen du Pois Taylor?Harper ($2). It was that pudgy Machiavelli, Author Ben Hecht, who first made Chicago conscious of its exciting capacity for sophisticated wickedness. Mrs. Taylor, sprung from nowhere, will now revive the Hechtic excitement. Her wit and style are surpassingly original. Her...
The loyalty of such graduates is a better fire insurance than any a college could possibly buy, and all such benefactors, past and present, deserve a better memorial than the presence of an occasional dusty book on the more esoteric shelves of Widener; the new association, besides bringing mutual pleasure...