Word: noblemen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That the average college teacher is one of nature's noblemen we know. That the average Freshman is susceptible to the highest inspiration, is, though disputed, probably true. And money for books and laboratories and a matrix of student life is not lacking. Where, then, is the trouble (or the source of greatness, in so far as we may be satisfied with the result)? In the philosophy of life presented, I maintain that the basing of ideals, in history, economics, science, literature and personal attitude upon individual spirituality, is doubly vicious; because, at its utmost flowering, it manifests itself...
...scheme has its advantages. The exiled Freshman, in his far-off lonely habitation, may feel that he has at least sympathy, if he can watch from his window the weeping willows drooping over the water. The lone oarsman can compromise himself unnoticed and unlibelled by nature's young noblemen who frequent the river-front. But seriously, here is a chance for the landscape architect to plant something but formal gardens. The dormitories, the boat houses, the Stadium, and the new bridge are worth a setting...