Word: studious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that even in these "years of ease" money is an important consideration for most of us. The College office, evidently of the same opinion, devotes a pamphlet to the subject of college aids and expenses, suggesting well-tried methods of earning money and, for the benefit of the more studious or the more brilliant, listing the numerous scholarships open to undergraduates...
...skillful handling of the pencil; in the opportunity that a drawing offers to even the most uninitiated observer to study the actual lines and processes of this creation. It is in this, and in the ability shown to present the true character of his sitters through close and studious observation of the physical forms and expressions that reveal the soul, that the popular appeal of Mr. Pollak-Ottendorff's works lies. His portraits, though it seem paradoxical, are large miniatures,--having all the grace, refinement, and texture of the miniature with the distinction and carrying power of the larger work...
...fulfillment of our dreams approaches. With a new brilliance will the lights of Cambridge shine. Soon we shall have a modern hostelry in our studious midst. Dimes will click less frequently in the Subway. Gone will be the familiar sight of the early morning straggler in the Waldorf, for in the future Hotel Harvard will receive with open arms the seeker of bright lights and jazz. University guests will no longer seek the doubtful convenience of staying in Boston and commuting to the Square. Cambridge, antiquated, solitary provincial, fades into the Cambridge of the future, a Metropolis sufficient unto itself...