Word: hrummagen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...loafers who wander around the continent, and return to the welcoming arms of an alma mater hypnotized by the "music of the Sorbonne." There has been a and decadence; fifty years ago, the writer claims, the American group studying in Europe were a driving force in education. Now the "hrummagen scholarship" has caused the "goddess Alma Mater to resemble the bitch goddess of William James." According to this authority, the average student goes abroad, finds he is unable to speak the language, goes dutifully to a few operas, and finally settles down to an intensive study of the night clubs...
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