Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...make mine the ideal newspaper?" he inquired...
...Stop, all of you," he cried. "On second thought I have decided to cut out myself. It is no use trying to publish the ideal newspaper until I come across the ideal reader...
...University reader exempt from this classification. Theoretically we should furnish an approximation to that ideal public which the journalists claim is the sine qua non of an ideal newspaper; practically we are among the consistent devotees of the scare headline; we, too, are afflicted with the prurient curiosity" mentioned by Mr. Storey. Yet the fact that the more stable journals find a considerable sale in the University indicates that we read the lurid sheets for amusement rather than for information...
...recalled that when we were first informed of this new plan for testing the efficacy of Harvard training, we were given the impression that to pass these divisionals would require fairly constant work during the Senior year. It was, of course, suggested that the summer vacation would be the ideal time for such study. But since for the average Senior this was either physically or temperamentally impossible, the suggestion, however, logical, was not altogether practical. The fact remains that most of us find ourselves, even at this late date, endeavoring to fit into an already crowded schedule the necessary extra...
...thought worth while, in the interest of divisionals, to free the upperclassmen of the restrictions of routine, there seems to be but one means available; reduce the number of courses required of the Senior taking a divisional. The system of courses is of necessity inconsistent with the ideal of complete freedom of study...