Word: heroics
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This proposal has come spontaneously from Harvard alumni. In itself it is evidence of the character of education at this oldest of all American universities. Evidently the spiritual has its place there and a true appreciation of the meaning of heroic sacrifice. Harvard raises no bars against non-Christian attendance; its chapel attaches to no particular creed; but it knows the value of religious influence encouraged by the university itself, on the campus and having some place in students daily life. It is regrettable that our state universities have been deprived of the opportunity Harvard seeks (to grasp more richly...
...heroic poem entitled "The Malign Comedy" and surrounded by a frieze-like border that merits close scrutiny is given the place of honor in the number. The poet enjoys the eminently satisfying experience of visiting the nether regions and viewing those worthies who have intrigued his interest on the lecture platform. The reader will readily observe that the artist, too, enjoyed his work in depicting the nether regions. Despite the trace of bitterness always in evidence in an undergraduate's opinion of his intellectual antennae at the season of the finals, the epic is a worthy successor...
...This time there is, however, the possibility that Pinchot will bolt the Republican ticket either to run as an independent or to join forces with the Democrats who nominated William B. Wilson (Secretary of Labor under the President of the same surname). In any event it will take an heroic effort if a Republican nominee is to be beaten in Pennsylvania...
Each and every state in the Union was asked last week to start thinking which one of its many schoolboys, which one of its many schoolgirls, and which one of its many female schoolteachers, are most courageous, most heroic, most self-sacrificing, most commanding ("leadership") and most patriotic. The 48 boys, 48 girls and 48 female teachers when finally designated are to be honored with American Youth and American Teacher Awards by the directors of the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition, provided with traveling and living expenses, received at Philadelphia on June 28, entertained until July 5 "on the very spot...
...Fogg Museum to listen to Mr. Leonard Opdyche in Fine Arts 1d on Correggio and the early Venetian school, which of all schools of Italian painting I am most partial to, or shall I hear Professor Haskins in History 8 speak at Harvard 3 of St. Louis the heroic crusading ruler of mediaeval France...