Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These are not offered for the purpose of "spreading propaganda", nor of rccruiting men for the various professions, but of giving information. In their ideal form they would be conferences between groups of students and the heads of different corporations and institutions. For the present they are merely lectures, supplemented as largely as possible by personal discussion...
...when "morning prayers" were first made voluntary. And furthermore, the chapel loses nothing by the absence of those who fail to make its acquaintance. It exists for those who choose to enjoy such a "luxury", and as long as it serves them freely it remains faithful to its ideal. Ignorant neglect by the others is simply poor policy on their part. The spirit of inquiry, that tries all things before praising or condemning. Is the only spirit that ever finds full satisfaction...
There is but one thing better than destroying an ideal, and that is making one. The assassination of the "Custer" legend is one of the best. In spite of the inconsistencies of the argument, we who dislike the sentimental and saccrime pretensions of patriotism, become overjoyed at this ruthless iconoclasm of tradition's pet. Yet had it better not have lived? Was it not a tale to fire small boys' imagination? Ideals are so easily dispelled. Whenever some hardy spirit tries to plant one in CRIMSON'S fertile rows, a savage hand plucks the puny thing from the ground...
...become a habit to explain "Harvard Indifference" as nothing more than a tendency to mind one's own business. That explanation is, after all, an excellent one. It is strictly in keeping with Professor James's famous Harvard ideal, which sees the University as a sort of "Fields of the Blessed" where each comer may pursue his own desires without the compulsion or the hindrance of what his fellows may be doing or thinking...
...statue is a group by Malvina Hoffmann, symbolizing the sacrifice of men and women for an ideal, and the central figure is a hooded woman mourning over the dead body of a crusader of the 13th century in full armor. The statue has gained considerable favorable criticism. Th New York Times says that the features of the warrior, frozen in death, wear the austerity typical of a grave and positive century in which fainting under grief or danger was incredible", and that the work shows "a patience and feeling for perfection in craftsmanship". It goes on to say that "technically...