Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...like an old shoe. Students attentive to this somewhat myopic suggestion often find themselves forgetting the excellencies outside their field just as they are acquiring the maturity to enjoy them. One of the purposes of Harvard's present system is the elimination of this sort of thing, and it is unfortunate that the Ph.D attitude occasionally mitigates its potential usefulness. Columbia's new plan does nothing to remove this loophole, and in places reverts to the noxious errors of the elective system. It is still the part of wisdom to extend a tribute of sympathy to Columbia, latest pioneer...
...post proper, one feels the influence of the Army, and within the barriers such signs as "Speed Limit Twelve Miles per Hour." "Government Property" all confirm the impression of smooth organization. However, a spirit of friendliness prevails once the first awe is overcome, and there is no such thing as monotony at Ethan Allan...
...names-of-the great inconspicuous who were connected with this bit, we had a premonition days before hand that three hours at the Shubert might be uncomfortable. They were; they were worse than that. And because the young person with whom we went insisted upon sticking the whole thing through, we had to stay beyond the end of the first act. There are three acts...
...wish that I could help you further in the matter of mathematics. The excuse for the existence of that science is given in Lincoln's words: 'For fellers who like that sort of thing, it is just about the sort of thing they like'. There is very little inspiration for any one else...
...piece is nice entertainment, yet all encomia of The Jazz Singer and The Singing Fool must be leavened by one fact, in justice to cinemactors, legitimactors: to play a part is one thing, to play a part which has been written around an actor's career is something else again...