Word: inertia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only solution appears to be a sharper differentiation between men who are going to college and those who are not, a stiffening of the standards of the former, and, most important, the colleges cease catering to the theory that all men should receive a higher education. In overcoming the inertia of tradition in the relegating of secondary work to the high school, the colleges must take the lead; they hold the whip hand, and if they find their material indigestible, they have no one but themselves to blame...
...survived with fair success from the silent films, where she made her greatest success, is a victim of the decline in pantomime. Pretty, sentimental, and equipped with an expressive set of gestures, her voice remains the weakest part of her repertoire of talents. Consequently she suffers from the inertia of motion picture directors who go the path of least resistance, rely largely on dialogue and consistently fail to develop the vast scope of the camera. The result is a decline in pictorial beauty, dramatic sweep, and imaginative appeal. "Carolina" is more of a step towards pictorial technique than most...
...faith of the few men who started this movement," concludes Author Taft, "has been amply justified. The giant may loom large; he may seem overwhelming. The inertia of people is even more discouraging. And yet this group of Davids, for all their weakness, were able to overcome Goliath of the Machine. . . . They proved that good government in American cities of substantial size is a possibility...
...awarding of athletic insignia on the basis of participation in a certain percentage of scheduled contests has been adopted throughout the country, but at Harvard the laws of inertia apply with their usual force. The authorities have repudiated the "collegiate" ideals, but their stand will remain far from convincing until they modernize their system for recognition of athletic accomplishment, now maintained only because it is tradition, or because the alumni like...
...subjects, these reforms cannot be possible, but it is not so much in persons that the academic anemia has its source, as in a system which has dug itself down, a system that none but the small group of aged obstructionists would defend, but that most accept through more inertia...