Word: evils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...books are partly destroyed every year by boys who hold to the tradition of marking them up. The librarians have been resigned to the situation which, in spite of all efforts, they feel, would continue to exist as long as Harvard had libraries. Without attempting active opposition to the evil, the authorities have given up hope of a better...
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...evil came of it that never would have come...
...study at Harvard, is an incredible as it is true. Since most departments depend on large elementary courses for their greatest earning power, it follows that to cut down on Music 1 is to impoverish the whole field. This, in effect, is the University's policy, which extends an evil instead of eradicating it. With a few years of support and expansion, there is every reason to believe that Music like any other field could of its own accord blossom forth and bear fruit...
...trends in modern standards of journalism, Mr. Wells was of the opinion that American journalists were following the rebellion of American authors. "Journalists are no longer wearing blinkers," he said, approving realistic reporting. Some writers he felt were too rough-and-ready but added that these were a necessary evil which went along with the progress of making the newspapers tell the truth. "We must get rid of gentility," he declared...