Word: older
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...still have the utmost sympathy for the star herself. It is one of our beliefs that musical comedy is the realm of young people alone, to which they may impart the eternal dancing brilliance of youth unspoiled. In a like manner we are more apt to appreciate an older and more matured actor on the serious stage. But where love, and music, and the whirling ballet are concerned, we must have a certain effervescence and sparkle beyond the dignified capers of middle...
...move more than balance the loss of picturesque, undergraduate activities. Many institutions furnish collegiate atmosphere, but not the opportunity for earnest study which presents itself at Johns Hopkins. In universities which combine the functions of graduate and undergraduate instruction, the college man often looks with suspicion on the older student who is so obviously and completely engrossed in bookish work. At best, the two sections of the college world pursue their diverse interests interfering with one another as little as possible. But in the classroom, friction develops between the needs of mature and the capacities of immature minds...
...Springfield aggregation is a strong one, having defeated the hitherto unbeaten Amherst five last week by a score of 37 to 10. It is also credited with a win over Tufts on the latter's home floor. The team is composed of men who are older than the Crimson courtmen, and who have had more basketball experience. It is likely that they will present opposition just as formidable as last year, when Springfield was defeated by the close margin...
...special emphasis has been placed on the necessity of making the building harmonize with the best traditions of Harvard architecture. The material is red "brick with the central doorway and cornices of limestone. The window trim and the doors will be of wood similar to that used in the older buildings of the Yard...
...never had a first-class press agent. While the works of Stephens found many readers, they were overshadowed by the publication of Prescott's fascinating "Conquest of Mexico." Prescott dwelt on the semi-barbaric culture of the Aztecs. He failed to stress the fact that the Mayas had an older and higher civilization, and to this day, if you speak of "ruined cities in Mexico," the average layman will respond. "Oh, yes, you mean the Aztecs." The fact is that the Mayas were far superior to the Aztecs in art, in science, in most of the refinements which make what...