Word: outlooks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...development. The houses so far naturally fail to fulfill the sweeping change of educational methods predicted beforehand, and even now somewhat naively visualized by the press and by visitors staggered by the physical splendor of the buildings. None but the most excitable, however, expected radical changes in the mental outlook of men who were to reside in the first two units. Nevertheless there has been a growth of ennui among those previously interested in the House Plan, and as the interest has waned, the sharpness of perception has dulled with it, so that probably the majority do not realize that...
...embarrass parents as well as bachelors. Many a father may feel as tenderly toward his children as Father Hutchinson writes of Simon, but few would attempt to expose such a feeling in print. Some may even resent Parent Hutchinson's performance. Rebecca West, writing last fortnight in the Outlook & Independent, grew caustic at The Book of Simon's expense, said she was staggered at "the increasing disposition of Englishmen to become mothers." Said she, what will Simon do when he grows up and sees what his father wrote about him? "There will be nothing...
...wish that there were journalistic allies by our side. We wish that the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Scribners, were with us. We wish that the Nation, the New Republic, the Outlook (Lyman Abbott must have turned over in his grave when that paper recently became the most liquor-soaked organ in the country), the Literary Digest, TIME, the Forum, the World Tomorrow, or any other of the major weeklies were with us. But they are not. One dares to hope that among them one or two converts may yet be made...
...country has many causes for thanksgiving. ... As a nation we have suffered far less than other peoples from the present world difficulties. We have been free from civil and industrial discord. The outlook for world peace has been strengthened. . . . The arts and sciences have been notably advanced. Education has been further extended. We have made gains in the prevention of disease and in the protection of childhood...
Despite the defeat, the showing of the Harvard team was encouraging in that the Crimson, in holding the Wolverines for three periods and flashing a revised passing attack, played its best game of the year. The outlook for the Yale game, now less than two weeks off, becomes more cheering after having been a bit drab after the William and Mary tie. If Harvard can repeat its aerial game of last Saturday in the Yale Bowl, the now confident Bulldog will have a good deal to worry about. At any rate the game should be a repetition of last year...