Word: interest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...society, they must begin now to prepare through thought that upon which they are later to act. These problems are not dreams. They are real in the reality of a Russian revolution. They are as inevitable as life itself. The call upon college men for real thought and active interest in the world's affairs has never been greater than now. May the provincial among us soon be a creature of the past...
...present collection, none of which has ever before been placed on exhibition, consists primarily of pencil drawings and small water colors, chosen from a number given as birthday and Christmas presents to his children. Of particular interest are the drawings, as showing the discipline to which he subjected himself in order to develop technique. His more finished work, for which the sketches were merely a preparation, is represented by a large oil pointing and a large water color now at the Fogg Museum...
...Clark of the Plymouth Cordage Company, all of whom will show the parts to be played by the undergraduate of the present day in the great problems of reconstruction which must be faced by the militant nations after the war. Provided that the men of the University show sufficient interest in this project, the College authorities plan to organize a series of discussion groups under the guidance of various professor, to take up problems concerned with future conditions arising from the struggle in Europe...
...anomalous condition seems to obtain today within the walls of academies. On the one hand, there is the manifest quickening of students' interest in life and affairs, and an increase of their sense of responsibility. This has been shown not only by their alacrity in any forms of military service opening before them, but also by such an appeal as lately came from Yale, calling on the faculty to establish forthwith a course, to be "compulsory on all and the hardest in the curriculum," that would aid them in understanding world movements today. On the other hand there has been...
...possible to say with much truth that the stimulus of war interest is the very factor that has depressed students' industry in the other subjects. And yet what was the real nature of the ardent request filed by the Yale News, if its editors could only have known it? It was in fact an appeal for a Short-Cut to Knowledge. As wiser heads know, there is no such detour. The path of the regular curriculum is the one highway leading to the real Castle of Comprehension, if it leads anywhere at all. The students say they want the road...