Word: moment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...articles of protest: Mr. Skinner against the misleading rhetoric of those who preach "progress" and care not whether they are progressing; Mr. Seldes against the critical judgments of the Boston Drama League. Altogether, the November number of the Monthly, despite its partial subservience to the literary fads of the moment, is sound literary work and good reading...
...essential that 300 men sign the books before next Wednesday. Unless we do this there is the possibility that the scheme will fail or that there will be a rush at the last moment and all will not be accommodated. We must be willing to place the success of the plan before personal interests and go at a disadvantage of ourselves for the advantage of the crowd. There are many who cannot go except at the quoted rates, and it is the duty of every man who intends to go to sign the books and accept the schedule as planned...
...whole point of this editorial is that Harvard men of every sort have before them a field for service in which personalities count and where practical problems can be found at a moment's notice. Social Service is not a closed shop for visionary moralists, but is open to any normal...
...more rapid democratizing of our American higher education is the inevitable result of the trend of American life; but don't for a moment imagine that Oxford and Cambridge will remain forever secure in their traditions. The English are more conservative than we, and their traditions are deeper-rooted than ours. Consequently their universities are enjoying, or at any rate having, a longer immunity from the sweep and rush of modern conditions. But they will succumb! Slowly but irresistibly the change will be wrought, and Oxford and Cambridge will be offering their graduate course in business, their higher instruction...
Taken as a whole, the number shows variety in subject, individuality of treatment, sympathy with social and literary interests of the moment, and knowledge of newer technique: In a word it maintains the traditions of the magazine...