Word: narrowness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seems a pity that a man of Professor Kittredge's learning should be so narrow-minded as to refuse to listen to, or be shown the proofs the Baconians have to offer. Once, I was told, Professor Kittredge advised the members of his English class at Radcliffe not to read any books on the Baconian theory...
Your appreciation of "Kitty" was vivid and colorful. However, although I recall his leaving his Shakspere* class in the manner you describe, I do not recall his leaving the Chaucer class that way. The former group met in a good sized lecture hall at the top of a narrow flight of stairs so that a prompt exit was needed to avoid jostling and a delayed departure. The latter group, smaller and more select, being largely composed of graduate students, met in an ordinary classroom and was treated with somewhat less contempt...
...junior, Edward ("Obie") O'Brien, furnished another thrill. When he went to Syracuse, he was a sprinter. Coach Tom Keane, developer of many a sterling quarter-miler, drew O'Brien aside, told him to forget sprinting, promised him instead the Olympic quarter-mile title in 1936. A narrow-shouldered runner whose slim legs give no clue to the drive they possess, O'Brien broke ahead of the pack at the start last week, stayed there, sprinted at the end to set a world record for the 600 metres: 1 min. 21 sec. Faithful addicts stayed...
...refusal of the University to accept this scholarship is not upholding the tenets of liberalism, except in a very narrow sense; the refusal is doing nothing in itself to mitigate any probable abuses of scholastic facilities in Germany; but it does any to some student of limited means the opportunity to investigate those "abuses" for himself. Ernst W. Mueller...
...test of skill is provided, too, in navigating the bus around the loop. At the very start, a narrow door presents no mean obstacle, and is immediately followed by a difficult curve which exacts close concentration to keep the trolleys on their cables. Then comes the straightaway in which the maximum speed of 88 m.p.h. can almost be reached before the brakes must be applied...