Word: ubermench
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...annoyed at not being able to be present at the weekly spectacles. "However," she added, "it was little Albie Booth at Yale that really made me football conscious. There is something romantic about his marvelous ability. It is a sort of Saint George and the Dragon, Machiavelli, Ubermench combination, and I should love to watch him play. To see him run down the field and Oh but I mustn't forget that you are Harvard men." She did not mention Yale's other distinguished alumnus, Rudy Valee...
...throws them aside with no compunction. There is no excitement about it; they have done their part, are no longer useful and are dismissed with nothing more for their pains than a bitter smile. Only at the end, with the forces of Richmond closing in upon him does this Ubermench show any signs of becoming human. Then, and only then does Mr. Leiber relinquish his aloof bitterness and resort to raving. His restrained and inhuman interpretation of this part is thoroughly in keeping with the intelligence, but warped ego of the Prince...
...addition to this, Harvard has become to diverse to permit the flourishing of the activity Ubermench. One man does not have sufficient time to collect a watch chain crowded with attractive charms and still remain popular at the Dean's Office. Participation in competition today does not presuppose an attempt to join the ranks of self styled immortals, but a desire to develop some ability in a field for which the college does not provide...
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