Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...critic of poetry, as an inspirer and helper of young poets, as a biographer. Amy Lowell is a tragic loss to the country. Miss Lowell was the most versatile, and all things considered the most important American woman of letters. We shall realize only gradually what a keen and vital force in literature has been withdrawn...
...mates, he does not hide behind a beard, his clothes fit. He is an actor who can eat up a funny situation without spilling it on his vest. 'The Night Club is an aimless burlesque . through which he wears a high silk hat. Though the plot is not vital, what there is of it deals with a will whereby the happy bachelor must marry a cer tain girl...
...ideas of an athletic nature are often forced to give place to the more vital curriculum problems. Such a college as Harvard must devote a great deal of its time to preserving that scholastic standard to which it owes its reputation. Justified as this policy may be in the long run, it sometimes causes the unintentional disregard of interests vital to undergraduate athletics...
...masse which increases with time. Once started, the proposition will undeniably gather force. But to make this new enterprise a success strong leadership is requisite. Such a man as Doctor Davidson, were he able to devote his time to mass singing, would make it a very real and very vital thing at Harvard...
What prompted the experiment? What effect has it produced on the educational system at Harvard? What ideal does it endeavor to approach, and is that a worthy ideal? When we have answered these questions, we shall have discussed, in essence, the vital problems of the divisional examination and the tutorial system coexistent with...