Word: wisdom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Judging from other recent expressions of politicals and observers, there are not a few Democrats who credit Senator Reed with having spoken with the owl's wisdom...
...hour early to attend religious instruction. In the opinion of Judge Staley, neither the constitutional provision for the separation of church and state nor the requirement of compulsory school attendance were infringed. According to strict, legalistic interpretation of the statutes, the judge was no doubt correct. But socially, the wisdom of cutting into school hours to provide for theological education is open to question...
CYNTHIA CODENTRY?Ernest Pascal?Brentano ($2). The psychological network that entangles Cynthia Codentry and causes her retreat from metropolitan philanderings to the dumb worship of Dirt-Farmer Swedge of Long Island, all unravels to the old copybook line about him who hesitates. In his wisdom and mercy, Author Pascal makes manifest some reasons for Cynthia's hesitations ? unnatural home life with her divorced actor-father; the enervating effect of life among rich school girls; a sophisticated girl's natural fear of being prematurely pigeonholed by life. But these extenuations do not suffice to save Cynthia from standing indicted...
...WISDOM TOOTH ? A touching fantasy about a young man who never was much good until he recaptured his childhood in a dream...
...comfort or remote from college should not choose the latter. Nor is there any just criticism of the Business School for having such unneeded room. The administration of the School has realized that immediate expansion is the poorest method of insuring sane development. And no one can belie the wisdom of that...