Word: rather
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chapter called "Tools and the Man," Dr. Lowell shows himself a member of the old school of thought, which believes strongly in mental discipline for its own sake. He favors the study of classics in secondary school as excellent mind training and self-education, and rather approves of the idea that the subject should contain more drudgery than interest. At a later time in discussing the minds of students, Dr. Lowell says they do not object to strict discipline in itself, particularly if they are responsible for the result. But he does not take into consideration the fact that...
...Pplow delights in relating tales of Harvard men who have dropped in, attracted by the "Veritas" motte outside, who are amazed to find their father's names in the Harvard Book. Some, she declares, have even found their grandfathers' signatures. The day this correspondent visited the House, business was rather slack, so he and Mrs. Pplow opened the top part of the front door and engaged in a loud conversation regarding the fact that the House was University property, in the cans outside might be tempted in. Northing but a small Yale man clad in shorts and a huge knapsack...
...Harvard University, A. Lawrence Lowell has picked out certain of the most important conclusions he has reached and has arranged them in a book, some what vaguely termed "What a University President Has Learned." It must be said that the book is less distinguished than the author, and looms rather disjointed and complex in the reader's mind although it is not complex in the reader's mind although it is not much more than a hundred pages in length. It is written in a style that is scholarly and dignified, although occasionally obscure...
...closely upon another without concrete illustration, that each one loses much of its significance. This is particularly true in the first section describing how the administrator of a university can do his work effectively. Although Dr. Lowell says it is not a description of what was actually done but rather a sketch of how a design can be executed, at the same time, if he had enlarged this section and drawn more specifically from his own experience, it would have been a very illuminating chapter. As it is, only other college administrators could really appreciate its significance...
Thus Coach Dick had ample excuse to push his Varsity, or rather what was left of them, for center Tim Russell, tackle Tom Healey, and blocker Chief Boston were beset with Ancient Author exams until signal drill, and right guard Dave Glueck had to be held from scrimmage, since he is still suffering from Bruin pounding...