Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...order that undergraduates, especially Freshmen, may understand the purposes of Phi Beta Kappa and the requirements for election to it, the following sketch of the history and ideals of the society is printed...
...numbers in the left-hand section run toward the aisle, while in the right-hand section they run away from the aisle. Furthermore, the rows are all uneven so that the numbers do not break even on the aisle seats. Finally--but one must have ushered to understand the difficulties...
...truth of the matter is that we are intolerant. As individuals, as groups, and as a College, we are unwilling to appreciate, and perhaps even to understand, the opinions of others with whom we are out of sympathy. Blinded to our own faults, we pride ourselves that we are not as others--whom we variously describe as "wet" or "aesthetic" or with even harsher epithets. We are intolerant, and intolerance is the concomitant of conceit...
...home the maid must know how to get along with a sometimes tired husband, a sometimes nervous wife, and some frequently obstreperous children. To be a good home-keeper it is not enough for the mistress to know how to market to the best advantage, she must understand enough of human nature to get along with an Irish maid one season, a Swedish maid a second season, and a Negro maid a third season. The preacher must know more than theology, he must know his congregation; the physician must know more than anatomy and physiology, he must know...
...Paine's "First Down, Kentucky" would have been even more perfect if he had only deferred the writing a month or two. Since the book's publication Centre has succeeded in beating Harvard and we understand that "Bo" MecMillin has become engaged...