Word: pendulums
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...basket turns; slowly but steadily, with the measured pace of an ancient pendulum. Half way round to the right, then, back a full turn to the left, a never ceasing motion. Visitors that it is bound to slow up and finally watch it with fascination, expecting stop, but the basket continues to swing, just as it has done for the last six months...
...Like every reaction which takes hold of vast numbers of individuals there was present the very real danger that the pendulum would swing too far, that in freeing itself from a too dictatorial predecessor, the post war generation of Germany would cast off all restraint, and, in seeking freedom, find license...
...blame this extreme frankness on the ascent of women to equal rights," he went on. "Men have always preserved a certain reticence where women are concerned, but today this is altogether lacking. It is, of course, a certain phase which must be gone through, and after wards the pendulum will undoubtedly swing back in the opposite direction...
...decidedly in error in attempting to speak for the great number of men who participate in this game every fall. I think most of us, however, are quite alarmed over the unparalleled interest in athletic contests, and we are willing to subscribe to the view that the pendulum has swung just a little...
...however praiseworthy the purpose in Dr. Kennedy's mind, it is doubtful if professors alone will ever succeed in endowing colleges with a right perspective in athletics. Whenever the pendulum does swing to its proper position, the motion, will begin in a subjective impetus. Although faculties may be counted on for support, the solution of this problem in American education lies almost entirely with the students themselves...