Word: humanizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Into this mechanical mind" said Dr. Bush, "can be fed the conditions of a mathematical problem too complex for the human brain to master, and it will promptly grind out the answer and write it down, as efficiently as a machine takes in lumber and chemicals and produces finished boxes of matches...
...fell under the spell of the methods for which H. L. Mencken stands. . . While the Evening Sun [Mr. Mencken's]was saying in effect that it is a pretty sordid world and all jobholders ought to be hung,* Mr. Adams clung to his old sentimental love of the human race.'' Said H. L. Mencken in the Evening Sun: "Of all the journalists I have known in this life, the late Jonh Haslup Adams was the only one who never made a visitor compromise with hie convictions...
...fashion. Not only did Queen Mary not wear a crown, nor her gorgeous coronation robes of state (although a priceless rope of pearls was around her neck and two fascinating diamonds glittered in her ears), but she showed every evidence of the charm that one expects in a human woman...
Those persons who while approving of the underlying principles of the Business School are hazy as to its definite contributions to human progress, may be enlightened by the announcement of the plans for study of aviation which are being formulated across the Charles. As an example of the sought-for coordination between theoretical and practical experiments in education this project is both extremely timely and potentially valuable. Acting as a sort of clearing house for Old World information and data on industrial aviation the Business School is working for the cause of aviation in the United States, continuing...
...draw the line between that which is collegiate in the sense of College Human and Judge Jr., and that which is only the irrepressibility of youth is very difficult. The danger of being too sober and too sane is evenly matched by the danger of being inane and hysterical. The distinction between the decent and the indecent, however, is much easier and requires no leaf critical genius. There are actions and trivolities which are inexcusable even when done in the name of boyish press and of good clean...