Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Civil War, but that threadbare theme appears for once in a new and surprising form. The principal character a woman too dull to apprehend the great meanings of the conflict, too apathetic to be moved by the peril of thirty thousand men, is by an insult which would seem comparatively trivial to others, but which wounds her only pride, suddenly turned into a fury of righteousness, and, without knowing it, becomes a national heroine. This may be melodrama in its superficial appearance, but at bottom it is something far better. I am greatly mistaken if "The Clod...
...photographs in this number seem to have been chosen with great care; yet some of them are not as sharp and distinct as they should be. The silhouette of Professor Harnack is so effective that it is to be hoped this form of illustration will be used in the future. By developing its art department with a little more boldness the Illustrated might add to the body of its magazine a variety that has been noticeably absent in the past...
...with no ordinary man. If a tribute on the cover of a magazine in a shop-window can attract and impress the passersby, what sort of interest should the man himself arouse? Now the man honored by President Wilson's telegram is in our midst, and yet few men seem aware of it. Or is it Harvard provincialism cropping out again, when one of the foremost citizens of the world, a statesman to whom our President offered the ambassadorship to the new Chinese Republic, draws only a fragment of the student body to his lectures...
...measure of success after graduation. But in the long run the concentration derived from attention to studies has proved the greatest benefit of a college course. To turn the attention of the undergraduate mind more surely to this fact, a number of changes would help. There are two which seem immediately feasible...
...limited classes, English 12 and 5. The University in the appointment of Mr. Castle to investigate undergraduate English, has proved its interest in the movement for a higher standard. To allow the mediocre man in English A the best opportunities for bettering himself in succeeding years would seem to be one of the first steps in the movement...