Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor G. H. Palmer used to say, in discussing the Christian religion, that that was the one philosophy which affected every one of us and toward which all of us had to take a positive stand, either for or against. This same necessity is very nearly the case as regards the investment banking field as I doubt if there is a man who goes through Harvard College who at one time or another does not have it suggested to him that he enter the field of investment banking, or as it is perhaps better known--selling bonds. At a reunion...
...Professor Hall's letter apparently led some of the Boston newspapers to say that a large proportion of the Harvard Faculty, the undergraduates, and the alumni were hostile to the "house plan." Now, the Bulletin is in a position where it can form a reasonably sound judgment about the opinions of Harvard men, young and old. We are certain that the opposition to the new project, from any source, is inconsiderable, and that such as exists is based on unfamiliarity with the enterprise. Members of the Faculty are, naturally enough, concerned about the details, and it is quite possible that...
...true that the undergraduate publications have attacked it, but their attitude indicates not so much antagonism to the house plan as dissatisfaction because they were not informed about the progress of events. We venture to say, for instance, that the CRIMSON would have shown a quite different state of mind if its representatives had known what was going on from moment to moment. Further, there are reasons for believing that the undergraduate papers do not reflect undergraduate sentiment as a whole. Even the social clubs, which at first were inclined to look with disfavor on the house plan because they...
...dusk, years ago, the onyx clock struck the somber hour of nine and the little fair haired child ran to his mother's knee to say his prayers. When he came to the end with, "bless father", he was startled by a large warm tear fallen from his mother's great brown eyes. Then he too knew that father would not be home until late, and --. But the girls of Akron University have been to the movies too often to fall prey to the mere tailor made suavity of a smiling male. When their little Willie of the future says...
...twentieth century mind seems unwilling to accept characters and incidents hung in mid-air by an author's fancy. Proust, Joyce. "Orlando." "Death Comes to the Archbishop," and may I say my own work all verge into the province of memories, diaries, historical narrative, and autobiography...