Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Davidson has chosen the former Milton twirler to oppose Dean this afternoon. Gates has a perfect record so far, being credited with two wins in his two starts. Phelps will again be at third base where he has made himself so useful that Coach Davidson will not be likely to call on him to pitch soon again except in an emergency. Tobin has clinched his position behind the bat and the team as it will line up today will present its full strength...
...woman, seem too obviously avoidable to deserve compassion. Her cousin is much more human, though she is apparently designed as a foil to set off more sharply the sterling qualities of the other emotions than maidenly modesty, and just enough selfishness to make her recognizable. Perhaps there are perfect people, perhaps it is necessary to have one of them in every novel, but their performances always appear a bit flat when contrasted with those of more realtistic natures, even though the latter cannot, often be blindly idolized or emulated...
...other hand, one might be tempted to seek a new ideal. "In France," it is said, "the student is treated like a man, a free citizen; he lives in the Latin Quarter and enjoys complete independence." Undoubtedly, this is the perfect life. Whether it also leads to the perfect education is another matter. But there is no reason why America, which is so astonishingly composite in some respects, should set up either the German standard, as formerly, or the English standards, as is the tendency at present, for whole-hearted worship and emulation. Before tradition becomes absolutely hide bound...
Remarks by a professor which made perfect sense...
...almost unanimously agreed that the Professor's remarks made perfect sense...