Word: often
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these days of confused and perplexing standards, social, moral, and artistic, the question is often asked and demands an answer--"What does he stand for?" Is the work of So and So on a fictitious and ephemeral basis, or has it a message of permanent vitality and worth? This question, however, can seldom be answered in the lifetime of the worker and still less frequently in that of the creative artist, it being an attribute of genius to be ahead of its own day and generation. Assuming that the chief works of Beethoven have stood the test of time, have...
...that inspiration and tonic force which our industrial and financial age sadly lacks. Let us, therefore, enlarge somewhat upon the permanent quality in Beethoven's music, its emotional and spiritual power. So much emphasis today is laid upon science, book learning, research, behaviorism, and pedagogy, that the emotions are often entirely ignored. "But science," says Bertrand Russell, "is no substitute for virtue. The heart is quite as important as the head; in fact, in the last analysis the head is of relatively slight importance." The inscription of Beethoven's mass was "From the heart it has come, to the heart...
...keep Harvard men in touch with the University is an ideal often proposed; to accomplish it is a large but most important task. With the Committee in operation, no graduate need ignorantly compare favorably or unfavorably, the "good old days" with a present which is doing its best to communicate with him. That deep-rooted interest which graduates take in their university is a matter outside the ken of the undergraduate; but he has every reason to be grateful that after graduation there will be a medium through which not only will the University be able to speak...
...most important improvements this year are in the equipment of the camp. Electric lights have been installed in the class rooms and drafting rooms in place of the acetylene lamps which have often in the past proved a source of annoyance to students. New tents have also been put up for the students living quarters. The other change is in regard to the eating situation at the camp. R. L. Westcott, who is in charge of the Freshman and Business School dining halls, has assumed the direction of supplying the students with food. It has also been decided to have...
...Fall and, in addition, many professors welcome informal calls at their homes. But neither these nor similar methods of bringing the student closer to his teacher has quite succeeded in training mentor and pupil to the realization that each is, after all, more than a machine. Too often the platform lecturer is led to believe that his listeners are entirely devoid of humanistic attributes. Therefore whatever can be done to demonstrate that good instruction is appreciated and that a year of talking to impassive faces has not been a barren year is not unwelcome. As in a theatre, the noise...