Word: langere
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...engrossed have successive classes become in the absorbing lectures of William Langer that they have gradually come to submit themselves like drugged sheep to a hapless system of oral examinations which more nearly approach Prussian police methods than conferences in a civilized and modern university. Students are rushed through these meetings, summarily quizzed upon a few abstruse features of a highly complicated period, and as quickly dismissed to make room for the next man. Like machine parts in a factory, they are hastily examined for imperfections, and then cast back into the wash...
There is little imminent danger of a war in Europe as a direct result of Hitler's movement of troops into the Rhineland, said William L. Langer '15, associate professor of History, in an interview yesterday...
...believe that the European situation today is as acute as in 1914", Professor Langer stated, "and I do not look for an outbreak of war in the near future. As to the possibility of conflict within the next five years, it seems to me that that is too far ahead to predict the outcome of events with any certainty. The situation is far too complex and there are too many conflicting factors involved...
...drastic action against Germany will be taken at the prospective meeting of the League of Nations Council, in Professor Langer's opinion. A vehement protest will very likely be made, but he expects the League to shy away from sanctions because of their probable ineffectiveness on Germany, which is a relatively self-sufficient country and is much less dependent on foreign trade for necessities than Italy...
...When the Turks had pulled those ships up the skids to the top of the hill--well, gentlemen, the boys all hopped on and rode down to the bay". The Vagabond muses on basking with delight in his chair, waiting for the deceptive cadences at the end of Professor Langer's sentences. It must have been fun taking Constantinople, even if everyone in those days had to carry musty spices of the East to quell his nausea. It is such little remarks that the Vagabond remembers from all these many, many lectures; surely such a one was worth the three...