Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could be provided for needy students and the disposition of these funds be left entirely in the hands of the University authorities, without the present complicating regulations. The technicality that universities such as this are privately owned should not obscure the fact that they are national institutions and of vital importance for the future...
...unexplored field. It is often true that men are not anxious to study subjects about which they know nothing, and in which, for that reason, they have no particular interest. Yet if forced to take the course, they may develop a fascination for the subject which will become a vital part of their four college years...
College youth because of its plasticity and transitory nature is peculiarly susceptible to the influx of new ideals and standards of value. But there are few men who consciously strive for some definite formulation of their ideas on these subjects of vital importance. The vast majority of students are engaged in the accumulation of facts and rarely are they concerned with the implications of these upon their personal life. Content to amass a rich store of factual data most students see in this process only a means of either pleasantly spanning the years of their youth or of acquiring...
When even the Varsity's second-half drive had failed to injure Yale's 14-0 lead, Harvard laid another football season in the morgue and turned away from it to consider the vital question of the outlook for next year and the possibility for a change in both coaching staff and schedule...
Last week Associate Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis, whom President Wilson also placed upon the bench in 1916, unceremoniously celebrated his 78th birthday. Though the oldest member of the court, his health is still good, his step quick, his mind vital. As the best anti-corporation lawyer of Wilson's day, Brandeis was for Labor, for Reform, for Social Improvement in a passionate way. He still is. Yet he is unconvinced of the divine nature of any man and accepts President Roosevelt's New Deal with certain reservations which his friends are sure will make startling news this winter...