Word: types
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...appeals to a certain antagonistic and aggressive spirit interred in the bones of every "down-and-outer". Communistic advocates stubbornly insist that it is a desire for a Red government. That is the most serious of their many mistakes. The man is dissatisfied with his economic position in our type of industrial society. He wants to gain a place in the upper brackets. In other words, this type of fellow, the sediment of Bacchus, seeks to satisfy his own interests. This is a far cry from the abolishment of Capitalism, Consequently, anyone who suppresses Communism in the United States does...
Another book in the exhibition, "Selections from Robert Seymour," contains drawings of this same figure, one illustration, indeed, having the type of situation in which Dickens constantly placed Mr. Pickwick. It shows this kindly gentleman explaining to an impudent youth behind him how to throw the fishing line into the water correctly. He points out that there was not even a ripple when his fly hit the water, but he fails to notice that the hook is really caught in a limb just over his head and has never reached the stream...
...retained as the fundamental organization, it would be an excellent idea to have weekly lectures given by specialists in certain fields, such as the drama, the novel, the poem, or the essay. Certainly the English Department has such specialists. These men, of necessity, would emphasize the form of each type of literature, but precisely what the student needs is an insight into the mechanics of writing and the organization of ideas...
Because placement involves time and the appraisal of many factors concerning both jobs and men the fall months are devoted to getting acquainted with registrants. Frequent interviews between now and the Reading Period will aim to establish objectives as to type of business and kind of job. These talks should bring to a focus a Senior's aptitudes and interests and an evaluation of his background of study and extra-curricular achievement. All those factors which have a bearing on his career must be properly considered and related in order to avoid wasted effort in hunting...
...course if, by virtue of them, a president succeeds in having his measures passed by Congress, and in making an effective popular appeal, his detractors call him a dictator and a demagogue; but as a matter of fact he is simply a successful political executive and leader of the type which our system of party responsibility and democratic control requires...