Word: visioning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Plate and Aristotle, undisputed master for so many centuries of Catholic philosophy and theology, is glory enough for any university; one of the greatest glories of the Middle Age. In philosophy, law, history, medicine and anatomy the list of famous Neapolitans, is long. Remembering Parthenope, the clearest absent vision of her university is the quadrangle where stand the statues of those curious associates, two of whom came through martyrdom and exile to this peace--St. Thomas, Pietro della Vigna, Giordano Bruno. Pietro, Chancellor, of the Emperor Frederick II., and like him a poet, delivered his master's character...
...stockbrokers about future probabilities. There is much avoidance of admitting unpleasant facts, and much loose talk about the necessity of having "faith in the United States." Between rather obvious " bearish" propaganda on the one hand, and platitudinous optimism on the other, it is hard to keep one's vision squarely on present facts and future probabilities. That 1924 is not destined to equal last year in the extent of most corporate profits is generally agreed- although not always out loud. In many respects it has been a disappointing Spring, especially if one started the year by believing all that...
...Necessity of Force" John M. Thurston Paul Whitcomb Williams '25 "The Minstrel's Curse" Ludwig Uhland Milton Arnold Kramer '26 "The Last Suttee" Rudyard Kipling Alvan Ruckman Grier Jr. '26 "Revelation" Robert Service Edward Adams Sawin '25 "Blainc--the Plumed Knight" Robert Ingersoll Julian Hackett Weiss '25 "A Vision of War" Robert Ingersoll
...Keigwin recently told his parishioners of a vision when his pet canary died, and of other supernatural evidences of God (TIME March...
...growth of this practice would doubtless interrupt steady work for a degree within one university, but it would certainly contribute to a broading of vision. No college faculty ever contains all of the men under whom the student wishes to study, but by facilitating exchanges, American universities may at some future time turn out more scholars and fewer degree holders...