Word: shamed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shame to name a thing a "problem" in these days of thousands of "vital problems," but the octopus journalist is certainly eligible for this title. Ten million persons are said to buy his papers daily. This particular problem is to ascertain how many persons, besides Mr. Hearst, take Mr. Hearst seriously. The question is how many people are being fooled how much of the time...
Instead of heeding the wishes of the voters who elected them as their representatives, the Senators preferred to play politics, to settle personal spites and petty animosities. The result was inevitable; the Senate's actions on the peace treaty will be written in letters of shame in the future history of America...
Perhaps it was not so strange that Harvard failed to be in evidence as a rooting factor on Saturday. No cheering section had been organized, and the undergraduates scattered through the stands had to do their best without a leader. But these omissions did not lessen the smart of shame for those who listened to a visiting crowd from Hanover cheer Harvard's team, while Harvard--in her home city,--could not reply. Nor will there be any such excuse in the future. For the outdoor meets which are coming will be held in the Stadium...
...college entrance system. Under the present requirements, the school devotes its whole ener-by to cram into a "dull" brain a certain type of knowledge to which it may be entirely unfitted, wholly ignoring the fact that the most "stupid" boy might be able to put the teacher to shame in the workshop or studio,--in a subject in which he has received no encouragement from his school. So long as present requirements exist, the school must continue to prepare its students for college, instead of preparing them for life...