Word: student
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paris) Academies, at the Paris Beaux-Arts. French precision and orthodoxy never made him feel com fortable. Strolling the corridors of the Louvre, he revered Rembrandt, Velasquez, Hals, but was long unable to evolve con victions of his own. Like most fine artists, he remained, even after success, a student of the masters. "Put on a pair of false whiskers so you won't be bothered," he wrote. "I am thinking of a series of disguises for myself so that I can go to picture galleries and look . . . and think. . . ." Impressionism permanently affected him. His subjects were usually nobodies...
...Steel Helmet Society and other monarchistic and militaristic organizations staged a pompous demonstration in the Berlin Stadium with much goose-stepping and waving of old Imperial flags. More spontaneous, more impressive was a student riot on Unter den Linden where 1,000 students sang Deutschland Uber Alles, shouted "Down with the Schweinische Republik," and attempted to serenade President von Hindenburg. The police, mindful of Bloody May Day (TIME, May 13), were careful not to shoot but wielded their heavy rubber clubs vigorously...
Patient butt of many an ignominy has been Princeton's famed statue "The Christian Student" Given by the late Philanthropist-Alumnus Cleveland Hoadley Dodge, it represents in seraphic terms the athlete, by means of its football attire; the student, by books and an academic robe slung over the shoulder; the Christian, by a noble, slightly disapproving expression...
...fate of all open-air statues to have to submit to certain indecencies. But Christian Student has received more than his full share. Standing opposite Murray Dodge Hall, campus religious headquarters, he is passed daily by almost each & every student. At night, when pagan students are emboldened by potations from Bill & Jim's or other anti-prohibition stations, they frequently commune with the Christian Student. Many a sun has risen to find him hugging an empty bottle, or with indecent additions to his costume, outlandish colors on his anatomy...
University proctors ("Mike" Hogarty & Co.), not quick enough to apprehend the vandals, had Christian Student carted off to the university's garage pending reinstatement...