Word: possession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rogers' poem called a "Ballad of Errant Vespers" is not only pleasantly free from the fads of current writing, but it seems to the reviewer to possess genuine literary quality in a higher degree than anything else that these pages have to offer. The conception is original and imaginative, the movement direct and easy; rhythm, language, and sound are adroitly suited to the ideas. Above all, the verses are distinguished by that rare and precious characteristic, spontaneity...
...ordinary as characters to the standards of the old teachers will be welcomed indeed. Men are by their action happy or the reverse, but that action comes of their qualities. It is the inspired, the illustrious in rank and fortune, the strong spirited, even the resolute wicked, who possess the mortal will to engage in the unequal struggle with destiny whether within or without the mind. Of these comes the action which enlists our eager interest and emotions. A touch of vagueness would have been avoided in the Critique had the word "middle-class" been omitted...
There are few conceptions of equality so false as that which holds all men to possess the same possibilities of acquiring and making use of knowledge. Not very many who believe themselves same would support that view for an instant. Nevertheless, the whole American system of college training is based upon it. Graduates to be sure, are treated with more discrimination, but undergraduates of exceptional ability are herded in with their less gifted follows and given the same training in exactly the same way. The only possible chance for the unusual student lies within himself: in that...
Once an editor, he is eligible for positions higher up,--Assistant Business Manager and Business Manager. These positions require men who are judges of other men, and who possess executive ability. They judge and pick the candidates and other men under them, and manage the more important details of the paper. There are two Assistant Business Managers, chosen in June of their Sophomore year, who compete the following year for Business Manager. The one who is successful fills the latter office in his Senior year...
...high esteem here as similar organizations are elsewhere, the positions would be much sought for. Hasty Pudding and Pi Eta men who were not in charge of the show would have the advantage of experience, while others would have an opportunity to show whatever real ability they possess...