Word: idealizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...examination, even under ideal conditions, is a task no less trying than it is necessary. But when adverse atmospheric conditions are added to the mental difficulties of such a problem the burden becomes unduly heavy...
...Holiness defined marriage as a union primarily for the propagation and education of children, a pact of mutual faith and honor, an inviolable, indissoluble sacrament between its partners. Fervently he assailed the moral laxities, the intellectual theories, which tend to demolish this ideal. Said he: ". . . As Christ's vicar upon earth and supreme shepherd and teacher we consider it our duty to raise our voice to keep the flock committed to our care from poisoned pastures. . . . For now, alas! not secretly or under cover, but openly, with all sense of shame put aside, now by word, again by writings...
Never publicly but often privately did Mr. Pillsbury inveigh against feminism and salute the ideal oldtime mother who kept her place in the home. Every one knew that his interests were World Peace, prevention of cruelty to animals, New Hampshire forestry. He played the violin. But everyone did not know that he had married twice (Louise Wheeler in 1889. Elizabeth Mooney in 1905), that he had quietly divorced his first wife, had been divorced in Reno by his second. But his disapproval of women in public did not lessen his esteem for their personal capacities...
Since the beginning of the reading period the number of students that make use of the facilities of the main reading room of Widener has quadrupled. Because of this the conditions for studying are far from ideal. Not the least obstacle to concentration is the loud, and for the most part unnecessary, talking of those who stroll among the tables and converse with friends. An equally annoying abuse is the unsportsmanlike practice of taking more books from the shelves than can be used at one time. This is a method of insuring a book for use, but if the book...
...dissolving under the rush of other matters and interests. "The teaching staff," says Dr. Henderson, "should be partners in a noble enterprise, not employees in an industry. A university should be a self-governing fellowship of scholars." The "autocratic organization typical of a business corporation" is hardly the ideal one for an institution of learning...