Word: life
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...breeding-ground for cultural and political revolutions as it is in Europe. Our professors are by nature prudent, our students docile. This pleases American parents who, when they entrust their progeny to others demand intellectual safety first and last. At Harvard the last symptom of vigorous eruptive life ceased with the death of the Medfacs. In such an atmosphere any new venture must steel itself to criticism. If a Radcliffe student suffers from morbid depression and a copy of McDougall is found on her shelves, her plight is put at the back door of the Psychological Clinic. It is known...
...survey of tribes on that continent. The first, "Berber Tribes of North America", was made in connection with an expedition from the School of Anthropology of Oxford University. The film shows the primitive water-clock, by which these people measure time. The film "Bedouins of the Sahara", shows the life of the nomads both in camp and oasis...
...fate of the skunk is a problem worthy of our legislators, of the Debating Union, and the CRIMSON. A skunk is no laughing matter. The fate of the owl, the hawk, the snake, the fox and the skunk are chapters in the conservation of wild life from rugged individualism...
...Consider the skunk. . .yet Solomon was not arrayed like one of these." If you don't believe this, pick up one and get the surprise of your life. He will not bite, or scratch, or squeal, or kick--the skunk is as gentle as a breeze...
...felt by certain 1931 classmen might seem paradoxical coming as it does at a time when all ephemeral things should be put aside and a serious attempt made to fill in the gaps of one's general culture. To Freshmen who have illusions concerning the social side of Harvard life without experiencing other than that which centers around the Freshman dormitories, the fact that the Sophomores should have a dance does not seem inconsistent in view of the Freshman Jubilee, the Junior Dance, and the Senior Spread, a point of view forcibly expressed in the current petition. Beyond this attitude...