Word: keen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although the nine essays may be put roughly into four classes, there is a diversity to their subject matter, and a skill in their composition, that betrays a mind containing quiet thoughtful recesses, and at the same time, keen accurate feelers that run out and through things. Five of the articles are concerned rather fundamentally with specific problems of collegiate education; which should not be taken to mean that they are uninteresting, for they are not, but distinctly stimulating, and of real value to the outside world. The reader will find discussions of the curriculum, of "The theory...
Aspirants for the position of goal tender, however, will be able to get an early start, for players in this branch of the game will begin work during the first part of next week. Competition in this department will be keen, since both the goal guards on last year's first squad will be missing. Chandler Bigelow '25 has left college for good, and J. G. Flint '23 is among those lost to the team by graduation; both were letter...
...deeds and not only by heredity. There have been frequent rumors of an " American visit" during the past two years. Generally he has shaken his head, laughed a denial, or said he was too busy, when questioned about marrying an American bride. The late Premier Stambuliski was very keen for him to make a match with an American girl - "beautiful and wealthy...
...Critics. The New York Herald: " He [Mr. Dell] means well, and, doubtless, he thinks he is telling the whole truth, instead of a part of it, and that part out of focus. . . . A book of altogether admirable workmanship, of much keen insight, but also one that is dangerously askew...
...formerly the Socialist Call) ran a seven-column streamer on the day of his death. He was widely known also for his liberal religious views, his interest in philosophy and other fields transcending the technical. In sum, his mind was one of vast range and breadth as well as keen analytic powers...