Word: idealizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...German names committed themselves obviously and inescapably to the stand that only Harvard men who died for the Allies ought to be honored, because their cause was holier than that of the Central Powers. The memorial is thus not primarily a tribute to courage and self-sacrifice for an ideal, any ideal, but an historical pronouncement upon the merits of that ideal. It implies that of all the nations tragically enmeshed in the nationalistic system of 1914 only the Allied Powers were righteous...
Many educators are of the opinion that the ideal in athletics is intramural, and can see no benefits from intercollegiate competition, whereas it should be obvious that both have a very proper place in the College. With the experience I have had in athletic administration I am convinced that the essential difference between the two is only one of attitude. We have no purely intramural teams at Harvard, because our intramural teams enjoy numerous informal contests with other institutions. It is equally true that many of our intercollegiate teams look forward to games with teams within the college...
...should not become unduly restless. "The Late Mr. Christopher Bean" is neither a tragedy nor a comedy: it is a medley of dramatic ingenuities and pure drama which above all, never takes itself seriously It marks a distinct step away from pedantry and formalism, and towards the Anglo-Saxon ideal that the function of drams is to provide a maximum of entertainment, and a minimum of conscious instruction or dogmatic humor...
...Atlantic, which it has been asserted, have no value except in the unlikely event of war. Let the government turn the island over to Mrs. Peabody, and guarantee to keep it barren. There Mrs. Peabody, and for good measure the lame duck dries in Congress, can maintain unhampered their ideal regime, the Sahara of the Boozart...
...ideal is almost impossible under a liberal educational method, since it would require in the first place a Utopian selection of students. Since there is a very human need of driving of some sort, definite educational standards are best for the majority of students; which, however, are not so rigid as to permit no leniency. In other words as far as actual practice goes, a fairly standardized system of requirement which prevents educational confusion and provides a spur, at the same time allowing exceptions in cases of special ability or needs, comes nearest to attaining the college ideal...