Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...erratic little speeches about Lowell Traditions. The Master's paternalism has evoked much criticism from cynical outsiders and startled, new-fledged Sophomores. But older Housemembers have discovered that House Spirit remains nonetheless comfortably distant, have looked more closely to the source of the attentions, and have found them pleasant, or at the least, innocuous...
...House have sufficient cause for this self-satisfaction is not to be denied. The freedom from regulations, the lack of formalities, the comparative excellence of the cuisine, the completeness of the library, and the high calibre of the tutors have all gone far in making this House an extremely pleasant place in which to live. For those, however, who have desired something more than this in the way of House activity, but have lacked the energy of suggestion or action, the few concerts, discussions, and dances have hardly proved sufficient...
...eleven members of the faculty had offered to meet the commuters every day in Phillips Brooks House; sandwiches and other modest edibles may be purchased in the basement of the building, where the meetings will take place, and the room has been decorated so as to make it a pleasant refuge. Officers are to be elected from the body of the men, to care for the affairs of the group, and it is hoped that a smoothly functioning and beneficial organization will result...
...stopped before the bandstand, crowded with notables. A lapel microphone was put into his hand. He pulled himself up on the car's downfolded top and began one of the brief, pleasant little speeches at which he is so adept...
Last week, with Librarian Charles Knowles Bolton, 65, retiring after 35 years at the Athenaeum, every one thought it perfectly suitable that Miss Elinor Gregory should get the job. An erudite, quick-smiling, pleasant-voiced spinster, she had been Librarian Bolton's chief assistant for a decade, had lately been practically running the place. Said she: "Of course, the Athenaeum will remain exactly as it is." Also last week. Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams was re-elected president of the Athenaeum, having served for a year...