Word: leacockism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attractive features of the summer work was a series of lectures by Professor C. T. Copeland '82 on "Charles Lamb", "Sir James Barrie", "Mark Twain", "Stephen Leacock", and "Edward Fitzgerald...
...which President Nielsen of Smith points out as one of the most alarming characteristics of education today, might be obviated by adopting this proposed Candian plan with a diametrically opposite object. The small colleges formed about the central university base would give the small-group, dormitory life which Stephen Leacock spoke of as the first prerequisite of a successful university, and for higher education there would still be the vast resources of the large plant. An an experiment, whether copied elsewhere or not, the Carnegle plan will be watched with interest by educators all over America...
...Stephen Leacock, the well known Canadian author, will speak this afternoon at 3.15 o'clock in Jordan Hall, The lecture is heldunder the auspices of the Miss Hersey Association...
...intend to be present to arrive promptly. Although the meeting is intended primarily for Freshmen, who will be admitted whether they are members of the Union or not, Union members may attend after the Freshmen have been seated. Professor Copeland will read selections from Thackeray, Kipling, O. Henry, and Leacock...
...night at 9 o'clock in the Dining Room of the Union. The doors will be closed and locked at that hour so that it will be necessary for men who intend to be present to arrive promptly. Professor Copeland will read selections from Thackeray, Kipling, O. Henry, and Leacock. Although the reading is intended primarily for Freshmen, who will be admitted whether they are members of the Union or not, members of the Union may attend after the Freshmen have been seated...