Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said Mr. George Macaulay Trevelyan in his talk on "The relation of "History and Literature" in the Faculty room of the Union last night. Mr. Trevelyan pointed out that the greatest works in each of the fields of literature and history, are those which have been written with a vital relation to the other field...
...structure, the motors and the crew. It is only the last 20% or so that is available for carrying fuel, and hence a difference of 10% in the gross lift may spell a difference of 50% in the fuel-carrying capacity. On long-distance flights this difference is vital...
...controversy between the civil authorities and prominent Jews who regard it as an insult to their faith. The identity of the ink-thrower is as yet unrevealed, but His aim was not equal to his ardor. The damage to the canvas is confined to some dozen splashes on less vital parts and will doubtless yield easily to the expert manipulation of a restorer...
...position and powers of the coach would receive the usual undue emphasis. Moreover, the formation of a league necessarily means the resigning of some of the independence of each member; that the Athletic Committee must retain full powers over the management of Harvard athletics is in truth the vital objection to plans for intercollegiate league organization of baseball...
Whether or not anything comes of the suggestion, its more proposal is significant in that it gives voice to a widespread discontent with the present mechanical, mass production system. Professor Taylor's college is not the ideal. He does not, for instance, mention such vital necessities as the elimination of hour examinations, in fact of any examinations of the present type; nor of disciplinary measures such as that relic of school days, Probation, so that any student who could not do the work, or who lost interest, would simply be expected to make room for one more suitable. Perhaps, however...