Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is much one might say in anticipation of Mr. James work but such predictions are unnecessary. Emanating from a man of indubitable literary skill the book is bound to be a worthy tribute to the memory of a great man. The CRIMSON joins with the admirers of Mr. Eliot and of Mr. James in looking forward to this biography which will have besides the blessing of one man's thorough knowledge of another the additional tribute of fine workmanship...
...return to the ancient traditions of the Gold Coast, liveried servants on tap, of cetera, there is little to say but that if there is to be a Harvard bloc in Hollywood, our boys must be prepared for a life of extravagant luxury now, or they will never gain entrance to film land's exclusive circles. From next September on it can never be said that Harvard undergraduates are not prepared for real high life...
...beautiful prose; then he is a real creator of character. He is not confined only to personal autobiography and is developing all the time. He would be, I think, a very interesting lecturer, with all his African experience and his fine critical gift. He would have as much to say about the savages in London as about the savages in Africa...
...There is a tradition about sport in England", Henry went on to say, "which is not found in our highly organized and progressive system. There is a story which I think demonstrates the point I am trying to bring out about Pfann, Cornell's famous backfield man, who went to Oxford, where he took up Rugby. In Rugby there is much passing of the ball, but it is all done underhand and when Pfann and one of his former teant-mates introduced the overhand pass which is used in American football it proved to be a demoralizing innovation. In this...
There is something essentially unethical in all this. It seems a truism to say that the raison d'etre of a Senator is to legislate rather than to perpetuate his lease of power and that of his party ad infinitum if possible. Yet the senatorial attitude seems to be the reverse of this. And Haines' reappointment seems to indicate that the president shares the senatorial viewpoint...