Word: non-conformist
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...come to believe that Mr. Babbitt is not quite bright, and write examination papers as deliberate in perversity as he can make them. Either way, he will prosper in the course. The amateur humanists will get the gracious acknowledgements that fall to those who repeat things agreeably, and the non-conformist will find his carefully-planned papers marked with a creditable grade and a note: "Good argument. You'll get over this after a while...
Selbie is the principal of Mansfield College, which is one of the two or three non-conformist theological schools in Oxford. He is one of the leaders of the English Congregational Church and is generally recognized as one of the most religiously influential men in Oxford. His connection with the city and the university has been a close one. Several times he has visited the United States, but he has not been here recently...
Selbie is the principal of Mansfield College which is one of the two or three Non-conformist theological schools in Oxford. He is one of the leaders of the English Congregational church and is generally recognized as one of the most religiously influential men in Oxford. His connection with the city and the university has been a close one. Several times he has visited the United States, but he has not been here recently...
...rate, when John Harvard entered Emmanuel, the king's regulations had been in force for some time and many of the colleges were beginning to show perceptible High Church tinge. But Emmanuel, due to the influence mainly of Chaderton, who still lived there though no longer master, was strongly non-conformist; all the decadent wits of the time rail at "pure Emmanuel". It held itself aloof from the rest of the University, and kept its own council and habits. When the other colleges accepted the inevitable and worshipped according to the king's command. Emmanuel alone refused to conform...
...boys to pattern'. Now it can readily be seen what effect an atmosphere of this sort has on the young theatrical aspirant. He does not intend to be put to pattern. He wants an opportunity to train and develop his talent. So he immediately becomes labelled as a non-conformist, an experimenter, and finds no one to sympathize with his natural tastes. The second obstacle in the way of recognition by preparatory schools of the right of the creative artist is the all absorbing necessity of getting the boy into college. The rigid standard of entrance examinations makes it impossible...