Word: idea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact, the practical difficulties may dictate a compromise with the principle. For the present at least, it may be better to proceed cautiously with the area idea, and to advance generally on the basis of the combined fields of concentration plan. That this advance would be on solid ground is fully demonstrated by the success of a combination such as History and Literature. The emphasis and the trend from specialization is the same. Ultimately, when all the implications have been realized, and when a capable staff has been trained, the area system may conceivably flower forth in its full glory...
This fits in with a new Idea which Dartmouth has about itself, an Idea which has been bruited and bruised about controversially within the columns of the "Daily Dartmouth." The men from Hanover are a peculiarly introspective lot, and when embarked on the sort of soul-searching which tries to define the Dartmouth Man, they can hold forth indefinitely...
...brief, the Idea maintains that Dartmouth must turn "suburban." Meaning by this, probably, that Dartmouth men must become urban and suave. Away from the pastoral life, the bucolic point of view, the simple and earthy existence 'midst the pine trees and the birds. No more of the violent college spirit, the "small college" attitude. For Dartmouth men come from the mad whirl of city life and know what the bright lights look like. "Let's have a new Dartmouth tradition, a cosmopolitan, tweed dressed, and smartly polished one." Harvard, once a "small college," has turned suburban without that sense...
John P. Marquand '15, Pulitzer prize-winning satirist of Boston's blue-bloods, does not feel he owes all his success to Harvard. "The greatest thing I got out of Harvard was an idea of what it might feel like to be cultivated," he said in an interview yesterday...
Freshmen should see the Housemaster or head tutor if possible; they have the most say when the final list is made up. It is also a good idea to set as high a price as possible: this is fairer to those who cannot afford to make a high bid, and increases the chances of getting in, for obvious reasons. Interviewing more than one member of the House staff is by no means a handicap...