Word: interests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most interest is the manuscript of the famous sonnet, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." In it glares the poet's notorious historical error for he had set down Cortes staring at the Pacific instead of Balboa, the rightful discoverer...
...with a fresh, frank, open face. He could smell her soft fragrance--a new-old perfume, a spoor which had not tickled his nostrils for many long moons. Yet it was hauntingly familiar, a scent from the past, an aroma of other years. The Vagabond growled to cover his interest...
Ever since the introduction of the American History Plan the University has become gradually aware of President Conant's interest in American civilization and aware, too, that there exists such a civilization. The Reading List for both students and general public, the Bliss prize for undergraduates not in the American field, and last month the establishment of an Extra-curricular Counselor for Freshmen; these have nursed along the Plan to the point where Harvard men are self-conscious about American culture. Soon, one gathers from the restless anticipation of certain faculty members, the Plan will attack the Houses...
...undergraduates, for whom they were appointed, when working for them. Likewise, if their success is great, the University ought not to overlook any chance of turning them into instructors or tutors. The latest proposed extension of the Plan cannot promise a more practical approach to the stimulation of interest in American history and literature unless the Counselors are as available as possible for the student purblind to his America...
...view of the interest shown in the Amateur Hour by both participants and audience, and the talent that was demonstrated, a class play seems desirable. It will give the Freshmen a chance to work informally with each other, and at the same time will allow ability not revealed by the Amateur Hour to make itself felt. It is needless to point out the various fields of activity offered by a dramatic production, to be written by members of the class...