Word: needlessly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...simply a story, a powerful, unembroidered study of three characters who find themselves in a difficult and potenially tragic situation. A nerve specialist who marries a patient whom he does not love in order to save her life, thereby abandoning temporarily a priceless opportunity for research work in Germany (needless to say this is before the war)-that is the "point of departure" which provides a couple of excellent acting parts. The reaction of the individuals to this sate of affairs as the woman regains health constitutes the play-simple, direct, and frequencly "gripping...
...Needless to say, none of these measures will be of very great value if they are taken in the wrong spirit. If the spirit of the game were absolutely right now there would be no need for any change; if the disgrace of losing a game were understood to be no disgrace at all, much that is now wrong would automatically right itself. The thing of importance is to play the game for it sown sake; many game such as tennis are played very largely for the purpose of enjoyment. And just so far as any sportsman begins to feel...
...time when Seniors are reviewing for divisional examinations, or should be. Needless to say, divisional examinations are a very comprehensive and penetrating method of testing a man's knowledge. It is not possible to cram for them; steady work over a considerable period of time is necessary for preparation. But, a little more than a month before these comprehensive tests are given, come the hour examinations. They take at least a full week out of a man's time, as far as preparing for the big examination, on which his degree depends, is concerned...
...Needless to say, none of these measures will be of very great value if they are taken in the wrong spirit. If the spirit of the game were absolutely right now there would be no need for any change; if the disgrace of losing a game were understood to be no disgrace at all, much that is now wrong would automatically right itself. The thing of importance is to play the game for its own sake; many games such as tennis are played very largely for the purpose of enjoyment. And just so far as any sportsman begins to feel...
...annoyances of studying in the Library is the constant buzz of conversation going on all over the hall. Part of this is entirely needless and part, at present, is unavoidable. A considerable portion of the patrons of Widener are day students who have no other place to get together except the Union,--and the Union, however democratic and universal, has dues. Also it is somewhat out of the way as a place to drop in between classes. Accordingly, the only common place of meeting left is Widener...