Word: idealism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Harvard is probably further removed than any other American college, from the trappings and conventional attributes of the secondary school. It is a University as nearly in the ideal sense of the word as is possible at this time and in this country. It is distinctly an institution of higher learning, and is becoming less and less a "college" in the present American acceptance of the term...
...Blessed John Vercelli. Organized in Portugal, the Holy Name Society spread through Europe and eventually came to its fullest fruition in the U. S. Originally, it was, in part, regarded as reparation for the "blasphemous Albigensian heresies." Purpose. The Society lays peculiar emphasis on purity of speech. But this ideal is extended to include purity of thought and life. "It gives its members," said a Bishop, "just that amount of moral suasion to keep them loyal to the regular reception of the sacraments." Function. It serves to organize laymen for the general welfare of the Church...
...vain if it is contradicted by the spirit or atmosphere of the student's home, you feel bound to carry the opportunity of education into that home, and your school or college is embarked on adult education. So much the better. Thus will end the rubber stamp the stereotype ideal of training, which now lingers chiefly in certain small places where all the students take the same course and develop the same taste in dress...
...Chamber of Commerce in Japan is distinctly an innovation, and Mr. Miwra's visit to America is planned for the purpose of modeling the Bureau at Nagoya after the American ideal. To that end, his visit included a trip to Boston, and consultation with men in the University Business School...
...politicians to be acceptable to them. But this year the thing that was too good to be true has come to be true in the case of Mr. Davis. He was the one man among all the Democratic possibilities whom the Independents oftenest singled out as the 'ideal' candidate who ought to be selected, ,but almost certainly would...