Word: trend
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Walpole then went on to say something of the literary London of prewar days. "Henry James was the one man in London who changed the whole trend of English novel writing" said Mr. Walpole. "Mr. James made people wonder whether the things about which they were writing were worth while...
Owing to the multiplicity of drives and to the upward trend of prices, it is very possible Greater Boston's quota will be hard to fill. But of Harvard a surplus can reasonably be expected, thereby neutralizing to some small extent the deficiency in other localities. Again Harvard is called upon to aid a national good. Again it must rise to the occasion...
...daily practice in the Stadium. And that this selection is not easy is shown by the number of changes in line-up, particularly in the end and backfield positions. Although the change made in the line-up one day may not be particularly significant, it at least shows the trend of a possible change...
...hardly necessary to remark in closing the columns of the CRIMSON until September, that the subjects covered in the editorial columns of the year have been unusually many and varied. The remarkable trend of world events, coupled with many engrossing topics of college re-organization and reform, have claimed the undergraduate attention, and consequently that of the CRIMSON...
...chief value of a college education lies, not in any specific facts the student may learn, but in a general wide development. College should teach men to face life, not merely a particular phase of life. But the trend of changes at other colleges is toward practical efficiency--it is essentially a part of that paternalistic Prussian atmosphere which pervades the country. The inauguraters of these changes seem not to care whether a man thinks, so long as he is a good cog in the machine of government...