Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pure fetishism. States, cities, and institutions alike meet it. If the beauty of buildings that could be designed to supplant Matthew, Weld, Boylston, Emerson, etc., is not sufficiently justification of the destruction of the monstrosities, why not have the Engineering School build the future Harvard? They might do a good job. If the Yard is to be kept in its primeval state, why not tear everything out except Holden, Harvard, Massachusetts, and University, restoring the plazza to the last, of course? The little quadrangles that have been made along the edge of the Yard are one of its most interesting...
...shirt and kerchief lovingly harmonized, Frith-Walter basked in his own well-grooming, beamed upon Miss Office smartly busy over his smart luggage. For she was the ultimate in secretaries; as was Elaine in charming wives, Jack in creditable sons, Pearl in chic, sophisticated daughters-in-law. Business was good, a holiday was in order, the most luxurious of trains snorted impatiently to carry Frith-Walter to the Riviera. He was healthy, he was wealthy, he was witty and wise; all was well with his world. "The earth lies all before me"-he had liked that line of Wordsworth...
...stage show is more elaborate and more gaudy than ever. It is somewhat too long, but under the able leadership of Ted Claire, presents some very good features. The best is an aerobatic act which contains amasing feats of agility and the right kind of accompanying humor...
...without the questionnaire? It testifies at once to the intellectual curiosity of the inquirer, to his industry and to the imputed zeal of the public. It is made to be answered. Presumably it is answered or the stream of questions would not flow around every subject under Heaven. The good obey meekly each request to deliver their minds and never grumble about the postage. There should be a questionnaire on "Who invented the questionnaire?" If detected, his birthday should be a national holiday. He has given us a precious "institution." It is sad to see an inferior member...
...elective system is a Jeffersonian principle, but there are salutary limitations. One of the chief pleasures of college dons is to concoct examination papers. They are the last persons to refuse such tests. This aloofness, this excessive individualism, is confined, there is good ground for hoping, to the malignants of the Charles.... Tabulation will reveal the clothes philosophy of our young barbarians, the outward expression of their minds. Doubtless undergraduates of the college now proving itself so unworthy of them will rebuke its want of comity, its rebellion against one of the noblest forms of sociological effort and the spirit...