Word: worded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...centripetal force of specialization which he finds driving inward to dictatorship, believes that "philosophic journalism" offers a possible solution. By philosophic journalism he means a great deal more than informed writing; he demands, above all, breadth of understanding, fertility of mind, and coordination of walled-in ideas. In a word, he required more intellectual leaders capable of sweeping in jumbled, fragmentary bits of knowledge and transforming them into coherent and useful entities...
Since all that the "Crimson" has written about the Teachers' Oath Bill has been opposition, and since this opposition has been in the interest of "Freedom of speech, conscience, and education", we feel confident that it will not deny a word from those who, while not in favor of the bill, object to the methods used by the opposition. Surely the liberal spirit that is characteristic of Harvard College will give due publication and consideration to any opinion on a measure of such importance to the students as well as to the teachers...
...Science last week Dr. Gericke discussed his choice of a name for practical water culture of plants. He had first favored the word "aquaculture," but a colleague pointed out that this term already designates the culture of aquatic plants and marine animals. The problem was solved by another Berkeley colleague, longtime Botany Professor William Albert Setchell. At his suggestion Dr. Gericke put together hydro from the Greek for water, and ponos, labor. He likes the word because it has "a strong economic and utilitarian connotation'' and also because of its kinship to "geoponics," the common medieval term...
TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA, 2 vols.- Charles M. Doughty-Random House ($15). Beautifully produced, unabridged edition of the travel classic, with the 5,000-word introduction by T. E. Lawrence...
...swimmers will roll on towards Yale by sinking the mediocre Quakers, and from New Haven comes the word that the Elis are ready to offer good odds that their team will continue its long, long victory streak when it faces the Crimson in a meet that is assuming the proportions of the Yale Bowl jinx . . . . the confident, Varsity grapplers face a mediocre Yale team on the Medford mat and Harvey Ross faces the best wrestler in New England at his weight in the Jumbo 118 pound matman . . . . the Polo team will also be at New Haven against the Elis...