Word: reader
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sergel a chance to expose the 'young married" life of an lowa town, and then a convenient automobile accident polishes off the husband. This felicitous circumstance enables Mr. Sergel to try his hand at existence in the metropolis of Des Moines, the only advantage of which for the reader is that he can obtain all the thrills of a story about the Great City without the every-other-page references to Broadway and 42d Street...
...wants to say, that he honestly believes to be worth more than the paper it is printed on--which is quite a distinction nowadays--and he carries out his wishes and his beliefs in a straightforward manner. But what is most encouraging of all is the feeling of the reader that the author has not taxed himself to the limit of endurance; that this book is only the beginning; and that Mr. Pulsifer has enough wisdom and restraint not to allow himself to be rushed into print until he himself is satisfied with his work...
...introduction, Mr. Ennis, says that the essays "are not scientific treatises; they are outlines of ideas upon which thought and vision can play, and if they succeed in stirring the imagination they will have justified their object." Without following every step of deduction and induction, the reader must nevertheless be vastly stimulated and awakened to his own abysmal ignorance; any essay which accomplishes these results is distinctly worth-while...
...accurate feelers that run out and through things. Five of the articles are concerned rather fundamentally with specific problems of collegiate education; which should not be taken to mean that they are uninteresting, for they are not, but distinctly stimulating, and of real value to the outside world. The reader will find discussions of the curriculum, of "The theory of the Liberal College," of college athletics, and of the responsibility of the faculty and president; that is, a discussion of possible objects of that responsibility...
...next century; and while that is a hobby for many who have thoughts on human life at all, it seems to us that here again the author has scored high. Keen analysis of present day situations, intelligent awareness of the lessons of history, and vigor of presentation, carry the reader to the heights and beyond. And, best of all, there is no attempt to say that in 1950 automobiles will have thirty-two cylinders, or that speech will become unnecessary in 1990; no, the article deals, not with the ephemeral, but with the essential...