Word: sittings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There are obstacles, chief among them the danger of impairing the service. But by the careful supervision of experienced men this should be avoidable. The authorities at Princeton declare that the men feel their responsibility and work conscientiously. They wait diligently upon the guests; then they sit down and wait upon the waiters. The waiters and the waited upon are both satisfied. And there is no unnecessary waiting...
...supply-pipe, which conducts into the otherwise closed academic corporation the culture of Boston; and in view of the recent large vote for license in the metropolis, the flow still promises to be as much into Cambridge as out of it. Formerly, Mr. Kline tells us, the student would sit down "in moments of depression and be relieved of his sorrow in a poem or a story for the Illustrated." Does he not still give scope to his feelings in the college literary magazines? Let us only hope that nowadays the undergraduate public does not read his effusions, excellent...
...will not do to sit back in smug complacency and say "my talk is all right," or "it's nobody's business." Collegiate life in general can bear improving. In a university, if anywhere, ideas should creep into the conversation. And the value of talking, when mind meets mind in frank communion and keen interplay, can be compared favorably to text-book study. The undergraduate could learn more of the satisfaction one feels when he can truly say, as Dr. Johnson said (and Stevenson quoted), "Sir, we had a good talk...
...figures given by the National Security League, the number of aeroplanes owned in the United States is about 20, of which not more than one-half are at present in condition. I was told by one of the aviators in the United States Navy that the aviators often sit around for days without opportunity to go into the air, while repairs are being made. On the other hand, at the outbreak of the present world war, France had 1500 aeroplanes, most of them up-to-date machines, organized into squadrons of six. Whether the 10 aeroplanes at present available...
...There is no English or American theatre devoted to the staging of the plays of Shakespeare; we do not value the 'glorious inheritance' of his work. Before an audience can be expected to sit through a drama of Shakespeare, it must learn the Elizabethan language; this is the real problem of Shakespeare today. It is a deeper question than of our personal culture and pleasure...