Word: talented
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This new way to make the CRIMSON is a recognition of the value of literary ability, and as such should appeal strongly to men with a talent for English Composition...
...They have said that the fundamental notion of democracy is equal opportunity, which brings uniformity of character. But equal opportunity is useless in bringing about uniformity, unless it is aided by equal capacity for seizing opportunity, and since equal capacity is impossible on account of differences in learning and talent, there is no such thing as equal opportunity. In our own country, a great, free democracy for more than a century, we have given a chance for equal opportunity, and yet we have a more prodigious difference in equality than any nation ever before. This is because the essence...
...show how wide is the field from which to choose. This field is so varied and extensive that every man should be able to find in it some subject of personal interest. To maintain the distinctive value of these prizes, it is essential that the competitions include the best talent of the University...
...history of dramatics at Yale is significant. Previous to 1901 the situation was very similar to the present one at Harvard: there being no restriction on the number of annual productions. Dissipation of talent and financial difficulties led to the establishment under faculty sanction of the Yale Dramatic Club which now virtually controls the situation in New Haven. The remarkable success of this society's productions in New York compared with the scattered mediocrity of the Harvard plays is proof of the relative value of the two systems...
...conclusion is irresistible that not until, through Faculty or Student Council intervention, an end is put to the present scattering of talent and enormous waste of time, will Harvard be worthily represented on the college stage...