Word: impressible
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...geology of the world. Perhaps Vag might not have been so disconsolate if Geology covered only the field of geology. But as it was, Geology included astronomy, biology, paleontology, zoology, and a host of other "ologies." And Vag was feeling despondent because every one of these fields seemed to impress him with his own insignificance...
...Note: (1) The General Laws of Massachusetts contain a broad admonition that Harvard endeavor to "impress on the minds . . . of the youth permitted in its care . . . the principles of chastity and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society." The appointment of Bertrand Russell does not contravene that clause, as Mr. Sullivan suggests. Dr. Russell has stated that while on a Harvard platform he will confine himself to his lecture subject--announced as logic and semantics--since "even if I were permitted to expound my moral views in the classroom, my own conscience would not allow...
...legislative agent of the City of Boston, who is leading the fight here against Russell, has not established his right to interfere in the Corporation's appointment. Achieving this, he must go on to prove that Russell will violate a Massachusetts general law holding that "Harvard should endeavor to impress on the minds . . . of the youth permitted in its care . . . the principles of chastity and those other virtues which are the ornaments of human society...
...conceded by legal experts to have a strong case as far as the morals phase of the controversy goes. He has cited a section of the General Laws of Massachusetts as his authority for asking cancellation of Russell's appointment. This section demands that Harvard College endeavor to "impress on the minds . . . of the youth permitted in its care . . . the principles of chastity and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society...
...tired of going to regular lectures; he was tired of listening to professors trying to impress students with unconvincing ideas. Vag often felt like this, and when he did he always had a particular rule to go by: When you feel one lecture pall, stay at home and cut them all. Naturally, this rule was easy to follow and Vag would certainly have spent the day comfortably at home had it not been for the Crimson notice: Robert Frost will speak on "perfection of Sympathy." Vag decided he would have to change his mind and hear this one. Rules were...