Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Richard Field (Otto Kruger), the shipping magnate has fallen quite in love with his secretary Diane Lovering (Joan Crawford) but being a wise gentleman he decides to test her affection for him by sending her away for a while. Cruising to Buenos Aires the attractive Diane meets Michael Brady (Clark Gable) and this time Cupid's aim is sure. However Diane realizes Field's dependence upon her and returns to marry him. Her life with Field only serves to sharpen her realization of her love for Brady and after a tremendous struggle within herself she is finally saved...
...whole book is the article by the late Dean Briggs, written a few years ago, but still pertinent, on "Harvard and the Individual". This first appeared in the Boston Transcript in 1903, but still is so well suited to the Harvard of today that it has been felt wise to include it in this year's issue, not only for its value, but also a tribute to the memory of one of Harvard's greatest figures...
Perhaps now it is wise to take up a somewhat new tack in this difficult problem of supervising the Freshman. In the past the blame has been put on the adviser because it was felt that the poor Freshman should take no responsibility in this matter and should be utterly dependent on some word from above. But now indeed it appears necessary to inform the Freshman what the true purpose of his adviser is and see if that will not aid in arriving at a better understanding between adviser and advise...
...deaths). Those epidemics Professor Hyde feared might denote the beginning of a pandemic such as devastated the U. S. in 1918. Immediately he sent for a dozen ferrets on which to test the virulency of the germs which were causing the Hagerstown trouble. When Professor Hyde expresses fear, wise men take heed. He is head of the department of immunology in Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health, a specialist on the spread of respiratory diseases. Last week he solemnly declared...
...little daughter Lizzie knocks about the continent living on his wits. At the end of his rope, down & out, he decides to retire to the bosom of his family, peacefully dwelling in a London suburb. The family consists of solid citizens, wives, husbands, children, to whom the clever, worldlv-wise Nicholas is an adventure. Nicholas soon discovers that there are good pickings. Brother-in-law Charles, devoted husband and father, is an easy mark for Nicholas' charm. The Black Sheep finds it convenient to help himself to money and valuable articles lying about in this trusting circle. He always needs...