Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After giving forth so much from the academic cloister it is pleasant retribution to find the scholar taking a lesson from the man of action. And in the present case it is not to be doubted that the lesson is a wise one which universities with numerous graduate schools would in time do well to follow...
...death of Arthur T. Hadley, president emeritus of Yale, marks the termination of a life filled with creative effort. As an undergraduate Hadley was famed among his classmates for his broad knowledge, taking prizes in such varied fields as Greek and Latin poetry, astronomy, and English composition. A scholar, he had proceeded far towards the achievement of that balance which every well-rounded individual desires between physical and mental exertions. Not only was he a skilled Alpinist, but was said to have been as well versed as Walter Camp in the theory of football...
...garret of a bordello and studying to be an insurance actuary. Actress Helen Menken is a wan creature who faints on his doorstep. He befriends her to the extent of a bed, a portion of his gruel and the services of a doctor. The backslid daughter of a scholar, she can quote reams of the pious Carlyle, but she compares her own way of life to that of Aspasia, most successful of the Athenian courtesans. The Scotsman talks of her soul; he signs another man's name on his own examination paper in order to get money to provide...
...bright, energetic young men who are selected for Rhodes Scholarships from U. S. universities appear to have curious careers once they arrive in England. Certain carping critics insist that the Scholars antagonize the British by their lack of even U. S. breeding, and are hence driven to seek their own disagreeable company. Gentler observers opine that the Scholars have not enough patience to pierce the British reserve. But whether or not there really are such conflicts as these, few can recall ever having heard of a Rhodes Scholar who was famed in England for anything more scholarly than his ability...
...name of the young man who called forth this unusual and cultivated acclaim is Brewster Morgan. He hails from Kansas City. He is a Rhodes Scholar and the first U. S. president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. I. B. Morgan, Brewster's father, is Kansas City's superintendent of schools. The son is 24, attended the University of Kansas where he was famed both academically and socially. More than anything else at college he enjoyed those informal talks and arguments which U. S. undergraduates call "bull sessions." Co-eds termed him "an interesting date." He slept...