Word: humdrums
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...exactly ugly, but not very beautiful. The author has too sympathetically buried them in obscurity. Need I add that Beranger is supposed to symbolize Poetry, as Deburan symbolizes Dramatic Genius, and Pasteur, Science? I think that it would have been possible to find some one more representative, less humdrum, than the author of "Lisette" and of the "Dieu des bonnes gens...
...years seeing the world, with the opportunity to stay and work up to the command of a ship, or to a position of responsibility in a commercial house in a few years more. It is this spirit of adventure that is pulling so many young men away from the humdrum things of life, and that will establish American trade in the far ports of the earth...
...value only as a counsel of perfection for those who have a strong purpose which enables them to over-ride all such trivialities as planning and forethought. It is also good for those who think that without genius they may, through system, reach the stars. But for the humdrum it is dangerous. The editorial on football says nothing new but it is gaily written in a style which precludes all serious influence, and which we are accustomed to expect in the Lampoon...
Another matter in the Report of especial undergraduate interest is that of the military movement. President Lowell emphasizes again the danger of overestimating the value of winter drills; and he points out their futility unless reinforced by actual tactical training in summer camps. He expresses the fear that the humdrum of mere drilling may disgust men with a work in reality interesting. The organizers of the Regiment have taken the position that, on the contrary, winter drill would increase interest in military matters and the attendance at summer camps. This is the view with which General Wood is supporting...
...confined to securing a balance of trade in agriculture. Practically, there are many obstacles to overcome, and these obstacles are not such as will appeal to conscientious teachers. They appreciate their first duty, and recognize the fact that scholars have no place in a country until the humdrum task of education is provided...