Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This is not an easy course. Any course that pretends to cover the history of the Fine Arts from the Middle Ages to the present time must of necessity be given in a very cursory manner, and leave the student with a mere jumble of facts...
...seems only logical that some measures should be taken to prevent the recurrence of these mistakes. Undergraduate interest in the elections is steadily waning but that is hardly an excuse for not conducting them efficiently. A mere undergraduate memorandum is hardly sufficient. Why could not one of the deans, preferably the dean of Seniors, be appointed to be overseer for the elections? The continuity he would provide would be invaluable. His familiarity with Senior affairs from year to year would provide for accurate handling at all times...
...hand us the skeleton of dates and facts, but how can we ascertain from these the underlying causes of any one event and realize its possible effect on us as individuals or as a nation? How can we grasp the significance of this Chino-Japanese war from a mere report of the capture of a new unpronounceable town? How can we ever be expected to be of any use in promoting world peace if we don't know the history and the doings and the hopes of an organization like the League of Nations...
...again last week in Providence, R. I., had the mixed reception that daring exhibitionists must expect. Most people applauded her wildly or sat in a state of self-conscious hush. Some groped for her message and were honestly perplexed. A few irreverents were amused at what seemed to them mere prancing, lunging and meaningless posturing...
...dinner?-his answer was invariable: "At daylight; cold meat." His men trusted him, admired him at a distance; called him "that long-nosed b-r that beats the French." The admiration was not mutual. Wellington's frequently-expressed opinion of Tommy Atkins: "The scum of the earth, the mere scum of the earth. . . . The English soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. . . . The man who enlists into the British army is, in general, the most drunken and probably the worst man of the trade or profession to which he belongs, or of the village or town...