Word: sorts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...student and teacher in other educational Institutions outside our own leads me to the suspicion that many of our smaller colleges have ceased to do any serious work in Greek, and some of the universities perforce by reason of the poor preparation of their students have degenerated into one sort or other of parlor-Greek. It is refreshing to me to be at Harvard once again, where for a student of Greek a thorough knowledge of the language is not an otiose desirability, but a necessity. Very sincerely yours, Arthur M. Young...
...with something of a shock that the Vagabond read in yesterday's CRIMSON under the heading of "The Press" a clipping casting the reproach of crescent materialism upon what is in a modest sort of way the clay, so to speak, for the Vagabond's statue, the merchandise, if you must, of his business--namely, the Harvard curriculum. The writer of the clipping raised, figuratively speaking, his hands in well simulated horror at the thought that whereas the University "has a gigantic new Business School" it offers only 5 courses in Greek, while Princeton and Yale take their places...
...even at the drug store on the corner) you will find little solace in it. Anyway, every play here was tried out two years ago in New Haven and was unanimously booed by the Student Council. The movies are open--wide open--if you care for that sort of thing. We recommend with reservation Hoot Gibson and without reservations, Hoot Gibson's horse. And then there is the Public Library; possibly you could pick up something there; only remember you're a Yale man and Yale men don't do that sort of thing...
...assures me is an effective remedy. My cold has long since gone but nevertheless I am very grateful for the antidote. As a matter of fact the bottle is here on the table as I write and occasionally I take a sip, in order that I may establish a sort of personal relation with my generous unknown friend. Whoever you are and wherever you are I should like to see you if ever you come to New Haven; you must come over for dinner. I do not care for stimulants as a rule--indeed I rarely touch them--but this...
...Maugham has written an entertaining comedy, which presents some rather unusual aspects of modern marriage. The play is interested at appropriate intervals with the sort of fashionable aphorism which all modern English comedies seem to require, and in addition there are a number of good old wise cracks, for the "gout americain." Miss Barrymore is pleasing to the eye and gives an exceedingly finished performance. Miss Verree Teasdale takes the part of Marie Louise, the attractive but inconstant wife and fills the bill admirably. Mr. Aubrey Smith's performance as John, the prominent and unfaithful Harley Street surgeon, was uniformly...