Word: refreshment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...into its own hands and has used it never since to send fifty Chinese youths yearly to study in America. It is possible that these favored few have become to some degree denationalized, to some degree out of sympathy with the masses. World-weary travelers, who expected to refresh their jaded spirits in a Confucian atmosphere, have reported that China is already too Westernized. But Westernized Chinamen have not brought this about. It is due to the western commerce which has broken down the Great Wall and invaded the musty civilization sealed within. For better or for worse, the deed...
Foreign notables in straightened circumstances have made such expeditions before, and Americans have sometimes resented the sight of a stranger picking up nuggets of gold in our fields. But the bald from Oberammorgau is not coming entirely to take. It will refresh the jaded appetite of the land of mechanical efficiency with an exhibition of its own handiworks in wood and clay. And in order that these may not seem out of place in our marble halls, it will display its wares in a miniature setting of Oberammergau. A model of German village life, its daily tasks, and its festivals...
...alumni only one time at which they can renew their personal contact. That is at Commencement, when student affairs are not proceeding on their normal plan, three-fourths of the undergraduates have left Cambridge, and the alumni themselves are so occupied with reunions that they have little chance to refresh their acquaintance with college opinions and problems. Clearly, a day such as Yale's, in the middle of term-time, would provide the closer touch that is needed. And it would not only be of advantage to the alumni, but might help the students, as well, to understand the changes...
...necessity for an adequate merchant marine as for a national defense is so well known to New Englanders that it may be unnecessary for me to mention it here. At the same time, the national defense is one of the principal points and it may be well to refresh our memories regarding that subject...
...product "is in the tangible form of human character and service," as Chancellor Brown of New York University recently said; then it is possible to draw some conclusions concerning the much-discussed 'extra-curriculum' activities. Someone remarked not long ago that a "grad" returns to see classmates, not to refresh his memory (if any) of Horace. Mr. Gavit says that "the student's becoming depends on the kind of men he comes in contact with...