Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that this ruling would make the game not merely a contest of the brawn and physical skill of the two teams, but also a contest between their brains, seems to hold a certain amount of water. No doubt competitive athletics conducted on this plan would approach more nearly the ideal set by English ideas of sport, in an informal cricket contest where play is interrupted while the sacred rites of the tea table are observed, this plan would work. Unfortunately, the condition of intercollegiate athletics in America today, especially football, is different...
...athletic duties. Likewise, one of his assistants is teaching in an undergraduate department. The Freshman football Coach, furthermore, is entering his second year as an instructor of history. These and other admirable examples that we could cite would seem to prove that we have not entirely forgotten that amateur ideal of sport...
...accomplishment of so worthy an ideal would be occasion for rejoicing. Yet it must be admitted that the hope for such a millenium is slight...
...Kings." The author describes him as "A Bishop with a certain demonstrative greatness and personal magnetism which quicken the desires and touch the heart of the crowd. He is a great bishop too, in the sense that he is a great Christian. Slumming to him has been no ideal diversion; it has been his vocation--his life. He has gone out into Victoria part to meet the Atheists face to face, to answer their pet poses with ready wit, and win their hearts by his genial comradeship. He has the same access to the rich as to the poor...
...this generation, that he does not realize the sacredness of advertising, that he does not understand the importance of royalties. This he would grant them. Yet the world may rejoice that he is great enough to overlook these petty trivialities while he keeps his eyes fastened on the ideal of literary...