Word: minding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...type commonly known as what the public wants,' but which it really does not want at all. The frivolous, plotless play has been largely brought on by the war, under the excuse of giving people something they can follow without thought or effort; but in such light productions, the mind is much more liable to stray back to its original trouble instead of being directed in another channel. A play of depth, tangibly constructed, is of far more value to the tired mind than such nonsensical entertainment. Even though it is hardly apparent on the surface, the Workshop play...
...justify the German Imperial Government, no one prevented them from saying what they pleased. At the first hint from anywhere that "They should be shut up," the CRIMSON or the Illustrated would reply with a passionate appeal for free speech. They were not "shut up" and the University's mind remained unpoisoned...
...Spoon River Poems, Edgar Lee Masters asks whether personal liberty means liberty of the mind or of the belly. If he had been on Boston Common yesterday his respect for the belly would have considerably increased. Fifty thousand souls yelled themselves hoarse against "the trick of a minority," a Boston Tea Party on a large scale was planned for the evening of June 30th, signs were displayed such as "First our beer, then our tobacco and then --" and "We fought for Democracy and we got Prohibition and Spanish Influenza." Whether prohibition be good or not the reaction against...
...practice is especially essential this spring," said Coach Rollins at the meeting, "First, we want to get the new men in line and form some opinions about the material for next season. Second, after the lapse of athletics during the war, it is important to bring football back to mind again. Third, we will be able to give individual instruction to men this spring whom we will not have time to pay especial attention to next fall, and lastly, we want to start early on some of the formations which we shall use in the fall...
...Congress is in no frame of mind to take action on this bill at the present time," continued Mr. Forbes, "and I very much doubt as to its action on the matter. I know, however, that Congress will give the bill due consideration...