Word: respecter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...instead of dealing evenly and directly with all his students, to shift the onus of making difficult decisions over to other people, perhaps to that mysterious body known as the Administrative Board. In view of the fact that much of a dean's effectiveness depends on the position of respect or disrespect in which the undergraduates hold him, it might be well to give the lesser officials in University Hall a little more authority in routine matters...
...when all is said and done the personal magnetism and charm of a dean is his most important characteristic. Unlike a great professor who can draw people to him by the wealth of his learning, however disagreeable and cantankerous he may be, a dean must inspire the respect and loyalty of everybody who deals with him. A chance or thoughtless word, though off-hand and unintentional, may convince an undergraduate that the heart of University Hall is black and malign. But, given a man with an attractive personality and the ability to manage people, the opportunities of assistant deans...
This smoothly unfolded comedy is notable in only one respect: It is the U. S. debut of a 20-year-old, five-foot-three, 105-lb. Viennese girl with grey eyes and brown hair, using the name Luli Deste. Thunder in the City gives her opportunity to demonstrate that these qualities photograph extremely well. She is currently established in Hollywood with three Afghan hounds. Divorced wife of the late Baron Godfried Hohenberg, Luli Deste once understudied Elizabeth Bergner in The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, ran a rug-weaving concern in London before she started in European cinema a year...
Shocked at the CRIMSON'S apparent lack of respect for University Hall, this instructor cried yesterday morning: "Which dizzy Dean is coming to the Freshman Smoker...
...taste to speak of a professor from another great university as "haranguing" an audience, before the fact; it is simply misrepresentation to describe Professor Lovett as you have, and to omit all reference to the meeting at Harvard. In behalf of good journalism and its own self-respect, the "Crimson" should correct the inaccuracies left in the minds of its readers by this editorial. W. N. Chambers...