Word: temperamental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That night the directors of the Vienna Opera sat in consultation. They knew that the temperament, the popularity of Mme. Jeritza, had long galled the other singers. Fricka's spittle criticism was the outcome of a tiff that had been flaring ever since Mme. Jeritza, roseate from her U.S...
The real reason why the better students dislike "paternalism" is because the teachers do all the work in the college instead of merely directing it, as they do in the graduate schools. The plea for the extension of "honors" courses, likewise, is a plea for the development of individual initiative...
At Chicago, last week, Dr. William S. Sadler reported to the Gorgas Memorial Institute confirmation of "the hitherto only suspected fact" that, of all white peoples, those of the U. S. have the highest deathrate between the ages of 40 and 50. The causes: heart disease, apoplexy, Bright's...
Supposedly a college is a place of enlightenment, an institution that will further mental development. Unfortunately it carries its educational inspiration only a limited way at present, and leaves many unaided who only need careful and thoughtful handling to bring them safely through. Psychiatrists say it is quite possible to...
If the Harvard cheering in the past has "truly represented the opinions and temperament of the undergraduates", it is high time for a housecleaning. The cobwebs were swept away from dusty undergraduate loyalty in time for the last Harvard-Yale game, and newspaper correspondents were quite justified in their commendation...