Word: manner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rather nebular conception of the so-called "Harvard manner" troubles us even more. Why, we query, should a man act like a gentleman in college? Or, for that matter, why shouldn't he? A person's polish, blithely spattered upon a well-thumbed pedigree, will hardly serve him in peddling bonds. Wherefor then, all this poifect gent stuff? Is it, too, an adaptation to environment? Perhaps, but since the wholesome prostitution of "good names" has become a disturbing realization to most of the Beacon Street element there must be something beneath the surface. The Harvard man must actually have...
...customary campaign of organized criticism. Pleasant as it would be to point to this virtue of silence as a distinctive Harvard trait, it must be said that much of the credit is due to the work and personal character of Mr. Horween himself. His quiet, unassuming, and business-like manner make him a difficult mark for the anvil chorus. There is always the feeling that he is working to the best of his ability on a difficult job. Above all he has won the respect of his athletic pupils. Harvard football, win or lose, can pride itself on having...
...because she holds a theory that marriage contract is, after love has passed, merely a friendly association, in which the wife, in return for being maintained in a certain position, uses her husband's household to entertain his friends. As long as he maintains her in the manner to which she is accustomed she must remain faithful, and he may do as he pleases...
...mood which is not merely that of a dilettante. His interest in the Fine Arts rises not from any artificial or forced impetus but from his own desire to investigate the field. And it is this tendency which would have delighted Charles Eliot Norton--for this is the manner with which he himself approached the subject. He loved the Fine Arts and anyone who shared that love was to him a kindred spirit. Through his own enthusiasm he led others to a like point of view...
...words, and they fit not only the man whom they describe but the man who penned them. "To those who had the happiness of intimacy with him, his learning and all that he accomplished seem but as secondary and accessory to the essential qualities of his character and his manner of life. He made a friend of every student who sought him for advice or direction, and gave his time willingly to serve interests not his own. He had the gifts which make social intercourse pleasant,--humor, readiness and felicity of expression, quick appreciation, and the resources of a wide...