Word: nostalgia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Assuredly the American college--particularly the college in the East--is under fire. As if the opinion of men like Mr. Vanderlip were not enough, we have been told even by alumni, inspired by "youth movements" and educational nostalgia, that Harvard has become a third-rate institution when compared with the live, enthusiastic young colleges of the West...
...only one defense can be suggested. The spell of the tropics must be played up to its full value. Ukuleles and guitars must be brought out in force to greet the conquering heroine; the weatherman must be prevailed upon to remind her of torrid suns, and perhaps that subtle nostalgia that worked on Ganguin. Stevenson, and the other South Seamen will call her back to Papua for peaceful sovereignty where she has already conquered...