Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Little can be done about this. So long as Harvard keeps its present examination system, the ability to whip off a coherent essay on almost any subject whatsoever will often count for more than knowledge of the material covered in a course...
...essay "The Virtuous Vizor of Richard III," Raymond Joel Dorius 6G was awarded the Winthrop Sargent Prize, while the first and second Susan Anthony Potter Prizes went to Walter Adolph Strauss 2G, and Aniel Phillippe Van Teslaar 2G in that order. Strauss wrote "Albert Camus 'Caligula: Ancient Sources and Modern Parallels," and Van Ecslaar submitted an essay entitled "Dil-they and the Theory of Literature...
...first issue showed it. Almost half of the 36-page issue was devoted to a leisurely, dull analysis of President Truman's program for developing the world's backward areas. The rest of the articles ranged from a talk with an Iowa farmer to an essay on the Adamses of Massachusetts. Future issues will also be devoted to one political or economic "symphonic theme," such as civil rights, cotton...
...second part of the exam consists of one essay chosen from several options and is designed to test more particularly the student's comprehensive knowledge of history and his ability to think critically on historical generalizations. At the end of the senior year, honors men also have a special field exam and, at the option of the Examiners, an oral exam...
That is not to say that everyone has been witness or participant in the problems of a young married couple who must live with their in-laws. For that, and not much else, is the situation confronting the people in "The Happiest Years." But it is really as an essay in feminine logic and psychology that the authors show their astuteness and humor, and it is there that the audience has its most fun. I could cite some examples of this "feminine logic" but it is complex by its very nature, as you know, and an accumulative and personal reasoning...