Word: imperfectibility
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that man knows about the outside world he learns through his senses. But these "physical systems" are as imperfect as man-made instruments: they have their failings and foibles...
...Peabody production was vigorous, though imperfect; all in all excellent for an amateur group. The pity is that the D'Oyly Carte, presently in New York and hoped-for in Boston, does not add "Utopia Ltd." to its repertory. But perhaps the oldtimers are still wary, believing that their black sheep will he as unpopular today as it was fifty-five years...
...criticized and much-badgered Athletic Association hates to change the policies of its younger days. Cajoled by the alumni and wrapped up in hoary tradition, the rulemakers for Crimson sports have for decades perpetuated a faulty system of letter awards. Down at Quincy Street everybody agrees the system is imperfect; some even term it an anachronism...
...Heiress (adapted from Henry James's Washington Square by Ruth & Augustus Goetz; produced by Fred F. Finklehoffe) turns a well-nigh perfect novel into a very imperfect but highly interesting drama. That is no trifling feat, for the novel is not very dramatic. Mr. & Mrs. Goetz give the story more kick by settling for less art. At their worst, they are not so much collaborating with Henry James as colliding with him; but on the whole they do a good job. Famed Director Jed Harris (Broadway, The Front Page, Our Town) does a better...
Justifying the use of an imperfect system by the assumption that students did not object to the burden of finals with hour exams, the Administration never suspected a malfunction in the ancient plan. The early weeks in October were charted as a period of student adjustment to new courses and any scheduling of make-ups after hour exams appeared academically unsound. However, an informative sample of the eighty-nine men listed for re-examination this term indicates great dissatisfaction with the present system and vividly points up the need for a more equitable testing policy. Unanimously opposed to the current...