Word: leacockism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public, Edmonds is planning to include articles from graduates and men prominent in life, as well as undergraduate fiction and verse. An article is already promised from Thorvald S. Ross '12, and Edmonds hopes for contributions from such well-known writers as Heywood Broun '10, and Stephon Leacock. The undergraduates will remain alone in the fiction field, as well as in the book review department...
...Stephen Leacock in a semi-serious mood has looked askance at the present-day rush to the colleges as a too evident victory for the spirit of "go-getting" in American life. He thinks the desire to make more money is at the bottom of increased college attendance, and he doesn't like the tendency...
...Leacock is right in his analysis of carses, at least in part. America is fast ceasing to be the land of "great open spaces" where untutored native talent could always extract a fair sized plum from natural wealth which only waited to be plucked. The United States is rapidly approaching the crowded condition of European countries where intensive competition in every scheme of activity is naturally reflected in intensive training for leadership...
...Matsudaira presented the President with a pleasing speech and letters of credence as Ambassador from Japan. In reply, the President referred to "your predecessor, Mr. Masanao Hanihara, who so congenially and helpfully represented your Government among us"?a remark perilously near a lie or an opinion by Stephen Leacock...
...best universities still refuse to each Hair-cutting, Fishing and Undertaking," says Mr. Leacock. To be sure, this is a great lack, but one must not expect too much at once. Certain institutions which call themselves colleges are doing all they can to fill the void. Perhaps the problem of the colleges would be clarified by answering the conundrum: "When is a college not a college...