Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...absurdity of such reasoning is seen at a glance, but when he approaches the study of choral music, the subject must be brought down to his standard. Such reasoning is the result of the popular idea that the sole purpose of music is to arouse pleasant sensations through the auditory nerves, or to excite the risibilities by combination of silly words and puerile tunes. Against such an amateurish conception of a great and noble art, I, as a professional musician, emphatically protest, and I maintain that the efforts of a Harvard organization to place before the undergraduates a standard...
...rest, the magazine contains a pleasant essay by Arthur M. Dobson '20, a few rather sugary poems (of which the prettiest is the "Song," by Merle Colby '24), and three little sketches which appear at the beginning of the magazine where one expects to find editorials...
...frank. Why don't more men dance with the "wallflowers" at our k. k. class affairs? Answer: Said "wallflowers" may be pleasant enough so that the men would be glad to enjoy one dance with them, but there is a danger of having to spend the entire rest of the afternoon with them, simply for the sake of politeness in case no other man comes up to receive one. Women have the vote--why can't a man leave one on the dance floor, especially at mixed affairs such as we have in the afternoons, regardless of whether there...
...which is not altogether Comstockian. Mr. Choate's and Mr. Behn's drawings are, as ever, exceptionally good, and there is a mildly amusing article on the annoying miscellany of "drives," as well as a Biblical distortion that is funny in spots. On the whole the number is a pleasant one, calculated to "tickle the great American public under the great American waistcoat" but not to split its sides...
...workingman is usually in constant fear of losing his job, he is inclined to go too far in enjoying the unusual and pleasant situation created for him by exceptional conditions such as in the past war. Realizing that he may be forced back into his old job and compelled to sit tight in a short time, he makes the most of his opportunity by moving from factory to factory and trying job after job so that he can pick out the best position while he has the chance...