Word: eviler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whole trend of his argument is against the practice of forcing the preparatory school to become a mere sausage machine that turns out a uniform procession of automatons stuffed with a scientifically balanced ration of minutiae. The danger is, however, that in attempting to avoid this evil by relying on the preparatory school to provide a sound background without the scourge of the College Boards, the matter of the varying quality of the various secondary schools is neglected. And in addition to this, under Dr. Snedden's plan the requirements of individual colleges are given no consideration. The result...
...reason for this deprivation is based on the solid ground that novelty-chasing is an evil; but how this applies to the most recent achievements of the Club, plays by such conventional authors as John Galsworthy and A. A. Milne, is not explained. The CRIMSON further allows that "by avoiding musical comedy or the re-hashing of box-office successes, the Dramatic Club escapes the stigma" of producing "amateur theatricals;" at the same time, however, the editorial ventures that a "Liliom" would not be amiss. The conclusion would seem to be that principles are all very well, so long...
...clash of systematic moralities, a moral question is quite debatable,--what is 'good' to the Christian may well be 'evil' to the Neitschean. But when related to the standards of a specific moral code, a situation either conforms or it does not. Harvard has forever identified herself with a specific code, one which signifies enlightenedness, generous and fine sportsmanship, and pioneering in social progress...
...Turkish cigarets and Old Dutch Cleanser? Surely these are more dangerous and insidious than mere crosses and ribbons. If I wear the order of the Golden Fleece, it never comes in actual contact with my body, being separated thereby by my Scotch Tweed Weskit and one, perhaps, neutralizes the evil of the other...
Turning to Italian politics, Mr. Sim mons chiefly praised the Mussolini regime for stamping out "Communism ? that evil disease from the Orient...