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...later on, he deplauds all loyalty measures in one of the mere perceptive passages in the book. He states: "It is a life which we have freely chosen, which has not been forced on us, or inherited by us. We must therefore be allowed to select our own form of loyalty. If our conception is based our the exciting free play of thought and idea, not only as a means of creating self-government but as a good in itself, with all other goods, we shall then permit endless varletys of loyalty. This is intrinsically a moral concept...

Author: By Philip M. Crenin, | Title: Age of Fear and Doubt | 12/15/1951 | See Source »

...poetry-for-the-people movement expects to be successful, it could well take a lesson from Amory who nearly succeeded in joining poetry and drama without losing the best points of either form. Otherwise, even select audiences may tire of seeing a poet's soul so confusingly bared...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: The Playgoer | 12/5/1951 | See Source »

...fund for bright young scientists may benefit individual students, but they add nothing to the coffers of individual universities. Few corporations have programs like that of the Ford Motor Co., which not only awards scholarships to 70 students, but also gives $500 to each private college the students select...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Industry to the Rescue | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

Dunster House will attempt to uphold its title of the "party house" in a jolly-up scheduled for Monday, November 26. A committee of Funsters will choose "Miss Dunster House" from the select group of invited "Cliffedwellers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster House Plans Jolly-Up for Nov. 26 | 11/21/1951 | See Source »

...other hand, the H-Y-P officialdom had decided to let just a select few of their amateur colleagues join in the statement, there would really have been hell to pay. The Big Three has always been somewhat of a cohesive unit and can claim they are talking for themselves alone, implying nothing about anyone...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/2/1951 | See Source »

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