Word: restful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...neck was forcibly put on the block; whereupon he was struck with a wet cord that had been chilled, very conveniently, to more or less the temperature of a steel blade. Billy's simpleminded brain reacted most realistically to this mock execution, and it telegraphed the rest of his body that he was "done...
...heart into their fight for recovery. When he goes to Warm Springs, Franklin Roosevelt steeps himself in this spirit quite as purposefully as he exercises in its waters. Easter afternoon, when he went to the train which was to take him back to Washington after a ten-day rest, his smile and bearing clearly reflected the spirit of Warm Springs...
...rapid survey" courses, where innumerable slides appear in swift succession upon the screen, with equally swift comments by the instructor. At the end of such a course, the victim of this "speed-up" system is expected to "identify" a goodly number of slides, and will doubtless pass the rest of his life comfortably unaware of the distinction between recognition and understanding. In such fashion, as one college catalogue once stated, "the student learns to recognize the old masters upon sight." To be on speaking terms with Raphael is the beginning, but surely not the end of a liberal education...
Despite the fact that the Kirkland Deacons are walking away from the rest of the field with 851 1/2 points to their credit already for the trophy and leaving only Lowell with 785 1/2 in any sort of a contending position, a large participation is expected for spring activities...
...Conference, together with the rest, still lives to serve. Moreover, by its conception, its nature, its scope, its scale, or what have you, it is particularly fitted to serve the function of college conferences. It is that type of conference where the views of academicians are not only hung on the line, but where these are synthesized with those of men from the Greek temples of both Wall Street and Washington. It is also peculiar in that it pools the brain trusts of student body and faculty from the three greatest universities of the East. Its lineup aims at being...