Word: general
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...realism of today will appeal to the philosophers in the audience. The way in which certain characters, like the trainer (Humphrey Bogart), are used to symbolize broad social facts reminds one somewhat of "The Shining Hour." At times the dialogue lags and verges on the trite, but the general importance of the main theme successfully carries the moviegoer over the rough spots...
...turn toward chamber music is an interesting element of modern times, and the place of Paul Hindemith, who is playing tomorrow night in Paine Hall, is at the head of this movement. He represents a general turn from the grandiose conception of music and musicians nurtured in the romantic era. This change of attitude consists of a shift of emphasis from the idea of an artist as a man removed from the ordinary course of life by his inspiration and genius to the conception of an artist as an excellent workman--one who intends his product for use in every...
Contrary to the general impression that Billy Phelps likes everything and everybody (barring some modern novelists), he protests that he has at least a dozen prejudices: He hates musical comedies, trilogies, "female legs in the daily news," simplified spelling, contact as a verb, big books ("as depressing as soggy porridge"). His own big book runs to 986 pages, weighs 2⅝ Ib. Now 74, white-haired, deeply tanned, still vigorous, though saddened by the recent death of his wife, William Lyon Phelps is retired from Yale and Scribner's, contributes a column to the Rotarian, picks an annual list...
Flexibility in any athletic program is essential, as college interest in the world of sport rises and wanes at no predictable times and along no predictable lines. A few present hardships, however, must not be permitted to interfere with general good on a broad basis. The plan, it is believed, will form the second step, with the inauguration of the endowment plan considered as the first, toward "athletics for all" at Harvard...
Highlights on the program, which consisted chiefly of round-table conferences, were addresses by Ned Desrborn, Dean of General Education at N. Y. U., and by Gordon W. Allport '18, associate professor of psychology. Allport filled in for Kurt Lewin, lecturer on Dynamic Psychology...