Word: frantic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...advise of the editorial article on "Happy Mid-years," which seems to be aimed both against excessive "grinding" and frantic tutoring, is certainly worthy of consideration; the tone of the paragraph on new resolutions is that of admonition tinged with gentle cynicism. The contribution inveighing against serious-mindedness, is, however, not in the least cynical, and if it fails to convince some of us, it is not because the article is not pleasantly written. Of the two pieces of verse, "Winter Dreams" is poetical in conception, but the imagery seems to lack originality, and the lines drag. "River Wind...
...rare, into the customs and the life and the spirit of the older Harvard. In "Academic Leisure" a plea is made for a real leisure in the life of our higher institutions of learning, and an active opposition by these institutions of "worship of energy and the frantic eagerness for action" in favor of "an atmosphere of calm reflection...
...article entitled "Sport or Business?" W. James, Jr., '03, treats the athletic question from the point of view of one who believes that Harvard athletics are losing the true spirit of amateur sport through making "frantic attempts to beat Yale." This question is of such general interest, and is so ably dealt with in this article, that any condensed summary of its contents must be unsatisfactory. It will be taken up at length in a future issue of the CRIMSON...