Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This year there were more than 850 items at the annual exhibition of Manhattan's Society of Independent Artists in which anyone may exhibit anything by paying $6 for wall space. Youth, often nude, was the keynote. Expression varied from abstractions in wood and rubber to the blushful romanticism of Victorian candy-box painting...
...dread" of adolescence seems to be as perennial as the rather widespread and universal development of the child into the man. It is a topic which, indeed, affects most of us, and with which some author is always ready to deal; to lay bare the psychology of the youth as he gets his first glimpse of life in its various aspects...
...escort of cavalry, Mr. Coolidge and The Chief heard the throat-rasping cheers of early-comers in the stands along the route to the Capitol. The Coolidge silk hat moved up and down in frequent response to this acclamation. The Chief's headpiece moved less frequently. One irreverent youth screamed "Oh you Herbie!" from the sidewalk...
...hether the romantic youth's letters are written by Mr. Walpole, and those of the gently cynical forty-year-old by Mr. Priestley, is not vouchsafed; but the guess is no great hazard. The combination is pleasant narrative, happy and inconsequential...
...Religious life in our colleges today is quite healthy, I should say. Youth has always been a period of questioning and doubting, and there is bound to be some unbelief among students. Later, life with its broader experiences brings sounder views...