Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...author uses his satire as a stalking horse for his exposition in the first act. Here your stickler would cry out at the exaggeration; but possibly it was the players who underscored too heavily, and possibly the stickler who exaggerated, so finely did the action cut to the truth. In the second act, and indeed throughout the play, the purist would cavil at the lapses into broad relief; too often cleverness passed for wit, and gross business for eyebrow innuendo. For the over-dramatic, Mr. Rathbone, in the tutor's role, was the only possible offender. It was naturally...
...College office does not recognize the tutorial work performed by a student in judging his scholastic rank, there is no motive urging him to do the reading suggested by his tutor. The result is that the tutorial system tends to lead a cramped and somewhat unhealthy existence. Once the truth of this observation becomes apparent, the way is open for constructive thought...
...three people on the stage? husband, wife, lover. He caused the husband to discover the truth of the triangle. He favored the wife with a justification. He made both the men look rather foolish. He had the sound sincerity to make the wife turn them both down...
...recently wrote in regard to competitions that the prevalent theory that competitions in general and the CRIMSON competitions in particular are detrimental to the scholastic standing of the candidates is erroneous. "Not only is this an entirely wrong theory," he stated, "but it is also diametrically opposed to the truth as upheld by facts. The veracity of the opinion that I have always held that the training received in competition helped rather than hindered scholastic work was proved by the record of the 1924 CRIMSON Board of Editors, which I ran across in one of the University CRIMSON. Not only...
...imposing enumeration of untutored genius. Who will deny that these are the names of educated men? Yet their college degrees are all honorary, bestowed in recognition of achievement. Without the opportunities of college training, they rose to heights the average college graduate never ascends. The simple truth is that college cannot give a man genius, seriousness of mind and determination of purpose. A man must bring these to his task. Perhaps the greatest service a college can do is to awaken the man whose attitude is: "Here I am Educate...