Word: origination
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Origin of the Next War" begins with the statement that the World War failed completely as a war to end war, because international conflict as an institution did not cease. His short survey over post-war history makes us aware of the alarming fact that there have been wars of more or less importance in one part of the world or another ever since the Armistice. Inquiring into the causes of wars in general, Mr. Bakeless asserts that a complex chain of economic forces makes war almost inevitable in the modern world. "The general increase in population," he writes...
...After all, why is knowledge so highly prized?" asks the committee. "Surely it is because of its power to throw light on the problems of human life. It seems reasonable to assert that all knowledge was philosophical in origin. When primitive man first raised the questions. "What?" and "Why" about life he originated the germs from which have sprung all our increasing categories of knowledge...
This feature strongly suggests the origin and development of the Garrick Galties, which were started by some of the younger members of the Garrick Theatre Company for the purpose of parodying the plays which were then running in New York. The idea seemed to take with the theatre-going public, and the Gaities prospected and grow. Although the scope of the parody has broadened out to include American life in general, its favorite prey has remained the theatre. Skits on famous actors and actresses, like the disturbing domestic scene between Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine during the course...
...Peabody Museum left Cambridge in January with Mr. Gregory Mason to continue the explorations which archaeologists have begun in the jungles of Central America. Splendid stone cities, great temples, and imposing statues have been gradually revealed during the last half century. But as yet the language, customs, and origin of the people who built these cities remains a mystery. The secret of this vanished civilization has been one of the most baffling and yet intriguing acbaeological problems of the twentieth century...
...addicted to sporting with words, whether he considers himself a literary oak or not, can do much worse than to hear Professor Tozzer talk about the acorns of our language. At 9 o'clock this morning, he will lecture in the Semitic Museum in Anthropology I on the origin of writing and the beginnings of our alphabet...