Word: vitals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There is no reason to believe that the University's finances are not handled honestly and there are few who would doubt that thy are not allocated properly. Moreover, it is easy to understand why the liquid funds should not be listed individually. But there are some items, of vital interest to both the undergraduates who attend the University and to the graduates who contribute to it, which should not be omitted as in this year's report. Certain issues are being evaded; a poor precedent is being set. The validity of the right cannot be doubted, but the manner...
...characters are vital. The descriptions last behind closed eyes. And the narrative at times mounts to heights of power. In spots the author's craft becomes stagey and he permits here and there an anachronism of expression in the mouth of a character. Perhaps the greatest tribute payable to books of the sort can be paid to All Ye People. Though living in the time of the fulfillment, the reader feels not triteness in the prophecy he has seen realized. He finishes the book with a sense of anticipation and exultation, exultation skin to that of John Bray...
...unsupported small college multiply, which make their successful operations less hopeful, and in many cases a desperate struggle. . . . Whatever be the magnificent services of the larger and highly specialized universities, the liberal arts college places an emphasis upon personal contacts of teacher and student which render them a vital part of our educational system. . . . Throughout our history these colleges have been and are now the seed beds of leadership...
...boiling oil, around which stand the so-called statesmen of the world. Every now and then they drop in a bit of ice to keep it from boiling over. They do not think of the fire below. Not the number of weapons, but the causes of war is the vital question...
...This vital fire below is the pressure of chambers of commerce and of nations of further their own individual interests. Individuals are not so much to blame, nor the oft-abused Congressmen; it is a concentration of pressure at Washington that keeps in operation a tariff which is approved by few. Such tariffs, in the opinion of Frank Simonds, lead to more deaths than wars themselves...