Word: grows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...censorship of any species must of necessity be artificial--an oxygen-stimulant at best. The theatre, if it is to recover, must do so through itself, rather than through any extrinsic influences. And, after all, New York may grow disgusted with its iniquities. The Restoration period went through something of the same career, we believe. Familiarity is said to breed contempt...
...times Mr. Alken's poems are almost pure music. Schumann, they remind one of, in their exuberance, their pulsing rhythms and sorrowful, lapsing melodies. Some of them are a little hard to follow, so intricately psychological they seem. But upon each re-reading they grow clearer--like music, honest music, which one hears, and wants to hear, again and again. Always the melody comes suddenly, strong and clear, to catch one at the throat...
...actual training table. Not only is it possible in this manner to bring the group of Harvard athletes together, but also the spirit of the old wearers of the Crimson is passed on to its present defenders. Harvard athletics will benefit if the attendance at these frequent luncheons will grow, both of the athletes who "have been" as well as those...
...fact that an open game had at last been established, and that any changes in the rules during the next few years would be confined primarily to the details and to a better understanding of the code, or to a checking of the open game tendencies which may grow to an extreme...
That the Faculty believes it is important to allow time for gaining a knowledge of this world ought to emphasize its value. It would be a fine thing if the tradition should grow up that Seniors shall devote most of their time to reading and other non-material pursuits, so as to reap the mental recreation earned by their three years of more concentrated study. With the tutorial system already firmly established in one department, with the general divisional examination for all but scientific degrees, with a judicious regulation of the stringency of concentration and distribution requirements, and, finally, this...