Word: manly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...your last number appeared an article on decapitation in China. When I was in China, the technique of beheading was explained to me as follows: Under the Empire, the headsman was a professional man, who used his great beheading sword in one hand, holding the handle as one would a dagger with the back of the blade extending back parallel to his forearm. Beheading was done by a single slice with the long blade instead of a chop. For a consideration from the condemned or his friends the headsman would leave a small piece of skin remaining so that...
...committee has also suggested that the problem should not be ap- proached from the quasi-scientific point of view but should be attacked from the human angle. Vocational guidance charts, in many cases, the course which the man will sail for the rest of his life. Therefore, there should be no barriers between the man and the guide. Everything possible should be done to make the seeker feel free to talk in detail about his private life and his future hopes. To further this end, I believe that guidance should be done not in any bustling office, with its paraphenalia...
This need for leisured intimacy has some bearing. I believe, on the question of the status of the director of vocational guidance. There is much discussion of the official standing of such a man and questions concerning his alliance with the faculty or with the Alumni Association are paramount. I believe that, whatever his standing, whether or not he be a member of the Faculty, he should not be surrounded by such a blaze of glory or honor that the humble fear to approach his throne or open their hearts to him. They must not be frightened by his title...
...emphasis of their curriculum upon obtaining a good record at these tests. Since low admission grades rank only third in the list of causes of poor standing in college, there are evidently other factors than that of proficiency at passing the entrance examinations to be considered in estimating a man's success after matriculation. Among these might be mentioned the familiar demand for greater correlation between the teaching methods of the school and the college so as to facilitate the transition. Such elements are only just beginning to be appreciated by the authorities of the secondary schools, and a further...
...ever case a man who plans to seek readmission should be sure to obtain advance approval of his plan from the Dean or the proper Assistant Dean and should submit with his application for readmission letters from employers or other evidence of a similar character. Furthermore it should be understood that approval of a plan does not in self form any guarantee of readmission...